A stepping-stone can be a stumbling block if we can't see it until after we have tripped over it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In the end, it all comes to choices to turn stumbling blocks into stepping stones.
The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time.
Of course, mankind has made giant steps forward. However, what we know is really very, very little compared to what we still have to know.
If you can't go one way, there's many ways to get where you're going. So you just take a step back and see beyond the wall.
We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.
Sometimes you'd come up against a brick wall... or sometimes you go into a fill and you'd know halfway through it was going to be disastrous.
It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.
The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak, became a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.
Having hit a wall, the next logical step is not to bang our heads against it.