<p>I was riding back home one day and didn’t realise there was a large pothole. I didn’t fall, but you know the thud-shock-thud of when you ride through a pothole. The next day, I forgot it was there, but when it got close I slowed down so the effect was less. I took another road on the day after that and avoided it altogether.</p>.<p>That incident got me pondering about life.</p>.<p>Like potholes, there are situations in our life that we try and avoid — like not running into your boss or confronting a person you were hurt by. Sometimes we are caught by surprise and we can’t avoid it — What do we do then? Go through it anyway or turn around and run?</p>.<p>When we have to face the same pothole again, like a relative you despise at a wedding or an interview or a complicated surgery — would it be better if you’re mentally prepared for it so the overall shock factor is alleviated?</p>.<p>We sometimes see a pothole ahead but if it’s too far, we won’t know till we get a little closer. Do we plan our future based on what potholes we may have to encounter or do we take it one road at a time and figure out the way when we arrive at it?</p>.<p>There are places in our minds that we don’t want to visit — some memories that haunt us like potholes that were there long ago but because it was not covered up. When you go down that road again, the thud-shock-thud effect remains the same. How do we fix that?</p>.<p>What if the pothole was covered initially and your ride was smooth but a fresh fall of rain uncovered it and made it deeper this time like a mended heart being broken again? It would take longer to cover it this time and would hurt more.</p>.<p>But you know what the best part about potholes is? No matter how many you have to go through, there is always a smooth road ahead. As for what you can do with them — face, cover or avoid — is entirely upto you.</p>.<p>Well, that’s for the potholes in our head or life. As for those on the road — let’s just hope they fix themselves!</p>
<p>I was riding back home one day and didn’t realise there was a large pothole. I didn’t fall, but you know the thud-shock-thud of when you ride through a pothole. The next day, I forgot it was there, but when it got close I slowed down so the effect was less. I took another road on the day after that and avoided it altogether.</p>.<p>That incident got me pondering about life.</p>.<p>Like potholes, there are situations in our life that we try and avoid — like not running into your boss or confronting a person you were hurt by. Sometimes we are caught by surprise and we can’t avoid it — What do we do then? Go through it anyway or turn around and run?</p>.<p>When we have to face the same pothole again, like a relative you despise at a wedding or an interview or a complicated surgery — would it be better if you’re mentally prepared for it so the overall shock factor is alleviated?</p>.<p>We sometimes see a pothole ahead but if it’s too far, we won’t know till we get a little closer. Do we plan our future based on what potholes we may have to encounter or do we take it one road at a time and figure out the way when we arrive at it?</p>.<p>There are places in our minds that we don’t want to visit — some memories that haunt us like potholes that were there long ago but because it was not covered up. When you go down that road again, the thud-shock-thud effect remains the same. How do we fix that?</p>.<p>What if the pothole was covered initially and your ride was smooth but a fresh fall of rain uncovered it and made it deeper this time like a mended heart being broken again? It would take longer to cover it this time and would hurt more.</p>.<p>But you know what the best part about potholes is? No matter how many you have to go through, there is always a smooth road ahead. As for what you can do with them — face, cover or avoid — is entirely upto you.</p>.<p>Well, that’s for the potholes in our head or life. As for those on the road — let’s just hope they fix themselves!</p>