-I've chosen the word "gap" to describe the difference between where you are now and where you think you should be for good reason. A gap tends to be something imposed by others, whether by force or by neglect. If you have a gap in a fence it means the fence seems weaker because if the missing slats. A gap can also be something that one would need to be aware of. "Mind the gap" is a phrase that was coined in the late 1960s by the London Underground to warn folks about the space between the platform and the train cars that could lead to an unsafe situation.
+I've chosen the word "gap" to describe the difference between where you are now and where you think you should be for good reason. A gap is something imposed by others, whether by force or by neglect. If a gap appears in your garden fence it means the fence is weaker at protecting the garden. A gap can also be something that requires our attention. "Mind the gap" is a phrase coined in the late 1960s by the London Underground to warn folks of the space between the platform and the train cars. If people aren't careful around that gap it could lead to an unsafe situation.
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+The gap in this case is the distance between our current abilities and where we think we should be. Sometimes the gaps are self-imposed because of our desires to improve ourselves, but more often the gap is externally imposed.