Scour the news for an entirely uninteresting story. Consider how it connects to your life. Write about that.
Earlier today, buried deep under celebrity gossip and cricket scores, I stumbled upon a headline so uninteresting, it almost yawned at me: “Pothole on 4th Cross Street Repaired After 6 Months.” No dramatic visuals. No angry mobs. Just a photo of a worker patting down tar like he was tucking in a toddler for a nap.
I was about to scroll on when something in me stopped.
A pothole. Six months. One worker. One street.
How incredibly ordinary. How frustratingly familiar.
You see, that pothole reminded me of… me. And maybe you too.
Those tiny unresolved issues we keep tiptoeing around in life—little dips in our self-esteem, small cracks in our confidence, broken pieces of forgotten dreams. We patch them temporarily with distractions, excuses, or a good binge-watch session. We even write about joy while silently ignoring the emotional potholes beneath.
“Sometimes the biggest traffic jams are caused by the smallest holes we’ve ignored for too long.”
It took the municipality six months to fix a hole. But in my emotional map, some ‘holes’ have been left unattended for years. That dream of starting my own venture? The constant delay in starting morning walks?
The pothole got fixed not because someone screamed, but because someone finally noticed and acted.
“A repaired road doesn’t boast. It simply lets you pass smoothly.”
So maybe, it’s time we fix our potholes too. Quietly. Without headlines. One layer at a time.
Thought to Ponder:
What’s that one small pothole in your life you’ve been driving around—annoyed, delayed, maybe even hurt—but never stopped to fix?
Sharon's Read And Reflect 
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