Reasons why I am a horrible driver:
1. Left the car running over night (see earlier blog entry)
2. Backed up into a tree doing a three point turn last week.
3. Tire pressure is low in my front right tire - that might be from running up on the curb too many times.
4. Two weeks ago I got my first speeding ticket in 7 years - know a good lawyer?
I finally started laughing in the car last night as Jeremy was filling the tire with air and admitted that I am tired of making excuses and I just may be the worst driver ever. It was good to finally let go. Oops, I just thought of number five.
5. Backed into a car at a stop light. (sorry honey, I didn't tell you about this one, I'll explain later - and it was a long time ago - sorta)
Last but not least, compliments of Elisabeth Elliot:
Several Ways to Make Yourself Miserable
- Count your troubles, name them one by one--at the breakfast table, if anybody will listen, or as soon as possible thereafter.
- Worry every day about something. Don't let yourself get out of practice. It won't add a cubit to your stature but it might burn a few calories.
- Pity yourself. If you do enough of this, nobody else will have to do it for you.
- Devise clever but decent ways to serve God and mammon. After all, a man's gotta live.
- Make it your business to find out what the Joneses are buying this year and where they're going. Try to do them at least one better even if you have to take out another loan to do it.
- Stay away from absolutes. It's what's right for you that matters. Be your own person and don't allow yourself to get hung up on what others expect of you.
- Make sure you get your rights. Never mind other people's. You have your life to live, they have theirs.
- Don't fall into any compassion traps--the sort of situation where people can walk all over you. If you get too involved in other people's troubles, you may neglect your own.
- Don't let Bible reading and prayer get in the way of what's really relevant--things like TV and newspapers. Invisible things are eternal. You want to stick with the visible ones--they're where it's at now.
Blessings,
C
2 comments:
We can't all be good drivers, if we were we wouldn't have awesome blogs like this to read :)
I am not sure you are the worst driver, pretty sure you are not. I am still in denial of being a bad driver, maybe when your previous blogs sink in to my heart i will be able to admit it!
Maybe there is a reason my drving is compared to go-cart racing....hmmmm.
I have to say, it's a little disappointing that you finally admitted being a bad driver. It's something we kind of always both knew but never talked about, and now that it's out in the open, it seems a little, well, less special :-(.
Although, hopefully now that it's known to the world, we can reduce the number of accidents that have occurred since we purchased the new van? Pretty please?
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