The Paradigm Shift

Yesterday was quite a magic moment for me. The night before, I went out to the shed only to get knocked over by an overwhelming smell of petrol. Our family car had a hole in its petrol tank creating a pool of gas under the car. It was a no brainer that the car was to be fixed before the family was allowed back in it.

So the next day, off the car went to get the tank fixed. Once the car was lifted up, we discovered quite a number of other safety issues were to be just as high on the list of repairs. Within a few minutes under the car, it was apparent that the car was not going to be fixed for less than what the car is actually worth so it was decided that it was to go to car heaven.

As you might imagine, this was a bit of a shock and judging by my expression, you would think there had been a death in the family. THEN, the man at the garage felt so bad for me that he organized a few quotes from wrecking yards to come and buy the unusable car. I was offer $100 tops. This was not turning out well at all.

Then I started thinking. My family had been driving in that car every day for the last month. With the car in the shape it was in, I suddenly realized I was the luckiest man on the planet and I had a grin from ear to ear to prove it. And also I got to go car shopping. I love car shopping. So when I went back to the garage to finalize the paperwork, the mechanic was surprised to say the least at my new state. It was a great day.

A state of gratitude is a lot of fun.
Warrick