Driving Miss Dotti

My daughter and husband walk together to the bus stop each morning. Dad and daughter share stories and laugh as they walk the 200m to the bus stop. A few days ago, I got a phone call from my husband saying the school bus wasn’t coming because there was a mechanical problem. I offered to drive my daughter to school and drop my husband off at a bus stop which was about a fifth of the way to his work.

So, we all piled into my car. My daughter asked if we could give a ride to her friend. Agreed and we set off to collect the friend. As I was contemplating taking a left or right where two streets met trying to figure out which stop to pick up my daughter’s friend, I noticed that I had not considered giving way to another car. I stopped immediately and let the other guy pass, not before he rattled off an expletive at me. I focussed on my driving, collected my daughter’s friend and got everybody to their destinations before I gave the other driver a moment of my thinking time.

I started laughing because nobody had ever sworn at me like he did. I blessed him and his car, thanked God that we were all safe.

I have a routine that I go through before I drive – something that I learnt from Louise Hay’s teachings, and it helps me. I bless my car and all other cars on the roads. I also bless all the passengers in my car, all the other drivers, pedestrians, motor cyclists, bicyclists, pets etc., with whom I could be sharing the roads. I also bless myself and say to myself that I am a good driver. It works for me – I stay calm whilst driving.
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