When driving and attempting to transfer to the next lane one must be careful of the blind spots. Regardless to the size, make or model of your vehicle there is a bind spot—a section of the next lane that we can't see. Many accidents have happened because a driver didn't see another vehicle in their blind spot. 

Luke 6:42 says this, “how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me remove the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the plank that is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck that is in your brother’s eye.” 

Just like the rear view mirror in our vehicle, we too have bind spots. Truth is, most of us don't recognize there's an area that's blind to our vision or understanding—we don’t know what we don’t know about ourselves. 

When driving, I try to position myself so that I lean forward, then back, and turn my head to view vehicles that might be in my blind spot. 

Likewise, we must position ourselves to view things about our personality and character that aren't obvious to us. Doing so might include turning to those close to us to provide honest feedback.  This step takes courage because it requires that we allow ourselves to be vulnerable and have an opened-mind about unfavorable traits that we don’t recognize in ourselves—the blind spots. 

Just like the mirrors in our car, we all have bind spots.

Be encouraged. We all can learn something about ourselves. We all can and need to improve in some way.  

Let’s willingly put ourselves out there to receive constructive criticism. Let’s lean forward, then back back, turning our heads (and turning to others) to notice obstacles that aren't so apparent in our character and behavior revealing the blind spots. 

Let's make the necessary adjustments so that our obstacles don't cause accidents. We'll be better for it.