Watch for the Potholes in the Road to Your Potential....

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the 

key to unlocking our potential. - Sir Winston Churchill

Growing up in California, I experienced potholes on dirt roads along a ditch bank or country intersection.  They could do some damage if you were going fast enough, but they were nothing like the snarling and vicious asphalt lined monsters we have out east.  In my years here in Illinois, I've never seen anything like it. The weather coupled with a poorly supported road surface makes for a perfect pothole breeding ground.

A Pothole is sort of a symbol of the aftermath of a trauma in the road.

It is a weak part in the foundation that when stressed or pressured gives way and just gets bigger.  Now we just don't have a crack or scar - we have ourselves a pothole.  A place where at the very least there will be a shocking disruption, and at the most, it can swallow up our progression.

In my life, I've had to patch up many a pothole that emerged in my foundation or path.

Some of them are still evident and I'm working on keeping them filled while I wait for better weather.  How about you? Do you have some potholes that seem to catch you up?  Like all roads that have any use and have been weathered by time, every human has cracks and bumps that give us our unique character. They tell our story. We just have to be sure that we don't let the wrong elements invade the recesses of our existence because there will be stresses and repeat pressures in our lives, 

and therein lies the right recipe for a pothole.  

Maybe this is the year that you completely remove your Potholes, those literal and allegorical.

Look for the  right conditions to tackle even the worst and deepest of them, and then never take for granted the preparations required to prevent their resurgence.

Cheers.