Humans: When there is a problem too difficult to solve, we find a way to go around, somehow, some way. We leave the problem there, but we have paved a solution around it for someone else to discover and follow as they encounter it. Someday we may get strong enough to push through it, and it will become many smaller problems that we can easily solve. Nature: When there is a strong log blocking a stream or river, the water always finds a way to go around/above/below. The land erodes away, leaving a path for the next water that encounters it to take. When there is lots of rain and it floods, maybe the water will break or move the log, making it much less of a problem for the water.