Obstacle

*OBSTACLES - also see

It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Counselor will not come to you" (John 16:7). The enjoyment of creatures is the first obstacle to progress on the spiritual way and sacrments could be second. (Contemplation, p74)

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. (Henry Ford, Soup, p225)