It’s time to build personal momentum

It was a cold December morning and we drove into the church car park. Leanne was already in the building and as I drove with the three children in the back of the car toward the rear of the car park I tried to brake and realised I couldn’t!

STOP THE CAR!

We were on BLACK ICE and at the bottom of the car park there was a dyke we were about to plunge down into.

I tried everything but nothing would slow the car down…it had momentum and I couldn’t stop it. I even opened the car door and tried to slow the car with my leg but bent my leg back against the curb.

Stupid idea I know but i ran out of ideas.

Thankfully the under body of the car caught the curb and this prevented the car tipping over and falling down into the dyke where ice water awaited.

That day I realised the power of momentum and its unstoppable nature.

When we don’t have personal momentum even the smallest challenges can seem to be too difficult. If we want to break through to the n...