Potholes…

Daily writing prompt
What experiences in life helped you grow the most?

There’s nothing more jarring and/or disconcerting than when your car tire hits a pothole, when you’re driving down the road at full speed!

You’re lucky to keep the car on the road, not to mention, trying to hold onto your coffee without wearing it… am I right?!

I suppose it’s nearly as jarring to hit a speed bump, but at least you get vaulted into the air, so you can keep going. Not a pothole, no no! Those will either stop you in your tracks, trying to catapult you through the windshield… or worse yet, you might just find yourself trying to stay out of oncoming traffic. If you’re lucky, the car’s tires will only rub the curb. I think we’ve all been there at one time, or another.

That’s kind of how life experiences tend to make us grow… by sheer force! Sink or swim, life or death! You have to think fast, choose wisely, and definitely know how to put out fires, stop the bleeding, as well as, knowing where the Band-Aids are hiding!

At least my car (life) comes with a stellar manufacturers warranty. My agent always fixes the damages, putting me back on the road, quickly. I will admit that my car usually ends up facing a new direction, but with a full tank of gas and new driving instructions.

Pothole experiences are where God does his best work, I think. He makes the best corrections, top notch repairs to all damages, and he even provides the most beautiful band-aids.

Cookies?

It’s Been a Journey…

Daily writing prompt
What experiences in life helped you grow the most?

If I were to list all of the experiences in life that helped me grow, it would fill a book… oh wait, it actually has filled a book. Whether it is ever able to become a published work is in the Master’s hands, but that is neither here nor there.

I am in my mid 50s and I’m not done living yet, so this question is unanswerable, for me at least! God’s not done with me yet, so I don’t want to cheat Him out of the growth still in store for this vessel.

As it seems to be the habit of WordPress to reuse the same prompt rolodex, perhaps my answer will be different come this time next year. We shall see…

No offense, but, it’s Saturday and my panther Brodie and I have a fortress to build in a monster filled Jungle… lions, tigers and monsters, oh my!

Here, have a Saturday cookie…