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Look Beyond What's Wrong

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These few months has been financially challenging for me because of the old vehicle that I am driving. On top of a battered battery, busted tires, I now have leaking whatever it is and water pump (or something like that). 

I am lucky in that it happened on a Monday and when I sent the car in to my mechanic, I was given one of their spare cars to use while my car waits for their attention. I spent the next 4 days, NOT CAR-LESS. I am lucky that way. 

But as with any car that is aged more than 10 years (the car is older than my elder son, who is 16 - I know, lol), problems come and go as quickly as the wind and I am feeling the pinch real bad.

Instead of feeling down and frustrated, I tried looking for things that I could be happy about.
  1. My dad came to my rescue when the tires busted
  2. I actually have a mechanic who trusts me enough with a spare car for days without asking a peep about it
  3. And I trust them not to change every single thing in the car without notifying me first
  4. The mechanics are honest people who explain everything to me like someone would explain A B C to a baby (well, that's because the situation is more or less the same)
  5. It did not break down during a public holiday AGAIN
  6. I didn't have to leg it everywhere because there was a somewhat reliable car for me to drive around in...anywhere I want.
When I spoke to my friend, he shared with me that it wasn't always the case for many other people. If they left the car with the mechanics, they would probably be car-less the entire time.

So, yeah, there ARE ways to look beyond what it is wrong and find what it right. 

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