Throughout our entire lives, every single one of us will encounter speed bumps. Life is full of them. Each of us will just be cruising along, living our lives, we’ll go away for a week, and upon our return we will discover that there are now brand-new speed bumps in our way.

They will be erected out of nowhere and continue to stand obnoxiously on our path, constantly slowing us down. What once used to be a beautiful, relaxing and easy road to take will never be the same again.

There will not just be one speed bump either, life will always throw numerous speed bumps at you and the excessive amount that arises from the ground will be maddening. Some may try to go around their speed bumps but life is renowned for then putting bigger, tougher and more dangerous obstacles in their way, such as pylons.

It is a guarantee that you will complain about these newly built nuisances to your friends, colleagues and families and why shouldn’t you? They are an unnecessary disturbance to your once-peaceful life.

The good news is that most speed bumps are not in your life forever. While they are difficult to move and stand permanently obstructing us, one of two things will happen. We will either get used to their presence or after a few years we’ll move away from them. We’ll leave them behind for new people to discover, people that don’t know better for they don’t know a life without these particular speed bumps.

Fortunately in life, the more of these difficulties we face the more resilient we become and the next set of speed bumps will be easier to face. Personally, I thank Avondale for the many ways it has prepared me to face life’s speed bumps.

– Jarrod Cherry

Jarrod is now finished and would like to be remembered, more than anything else, for starting the now-diagonal parking in Watson car park.