It could have been worse

Surely when a mishap occurs one of the questions we ask ourselves is “why me?” or maybe “why now?”. I had something bad happen to me today – messed up my dad’s car!

 

Well the fault is mechanical i.e. could have happened to anyone, I think. On my way to work just a few 100 metres from home I could not change from 2nd to 3rd gear. I could feel some smoothness in the clutch and I knew something was wrong. My mind worked quickly though and I managed to turn back and park the car back in the drive way. Luckily for me I was on an incline and on my way back I had a slope and the car had enough power to climb up our steep driveway.

 

After I had parked the car I wondered – why me? why now? But after some deep thinking I realised it could have been worse. What if I was moving up a busy road? What if I was in town? surely it happened at the right place maybe not the right time as I was rushing to work. This “unfortunate” situation made me realise that we can see the good in bad situations!

 

Count your blessings, analyse every incident and think of a quick solution before you start ranting, swearing and cursing. It could have been worse, but thank God it turned out like it did. Now I have to figure out a way to fix that car. Word of advice, buy a brand new car and you probably won’t get caught up in an unfortunate situation.

Thats life!