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Sometimes in life we are faced with some challenges or situations that keep us stuck down memory lane and so make it difficult for us to face future challenges head-on.
Growing up as a child, I always fancied the idea of driving, and each time I saw my dad driving, I would imagine myself on the steering wheel.
When I turned 18, my dad started to teach me how to drive using his car, which was an automatic car, and I started getting really comfortable moving the car around.
I was so excited that I was finally learning to drive that I literally started washing the car as a morning routine just to make my dad allow us to go for the next driving class.
I got carried away after a few months of driving classes, and where my dad parks the car is a really tight angle, so if he lets me drive, he would be the one to park the car.
Until one day we got back, and he showed me the technique that he used to park the car, and after parking, I felt like a superhero, and the next day my dad praised me for learning so quickly.
And then he wanted to bring the car out, but I insisted I could, and unlike him, he didn't resist, so I got in the car, started it, and started backing out.
Now there was drainage on both sides of the road, which meant I had to cross a small concrete slab that was constructed over the drainage.
As soon as I was out, instead of stepping on the brake, I accidentally stepped on the accelerator, and the next minute, one tire of the vehicle was in the gutter. It happened so fast that the whole incident sent chills down my spine.
I came out from the vehicle literally shaking with fear for what my dad would do to me and also for the fear that I must have damaged something.
But luckily nothing was damaged, and instead of being mad at me, my dad actually made a joke of me and laughed at me while also encouraging me that it was a mistake.
But I took it seriously, and the shock made me not touch the steering wheel for months because that day's event kept playing in my head.
But thank God my dad kept talking to me and telling me I could do it and kept saying things like who will drive me when I finally get my car.
Those words made me man up, and gradually I was able to start driving again, and since then I have driven quite a number of times and still do.
In the end, we all have had moments that have made us take some decisions to protect ourselves, but sometimes if you don't face those fears, you can't move beyond where you are.
And trust me, facing those fears doesn't come so easily; we have to deliberately seek help sometimes, speak words of affirmation, and go for therapy sessions to overcome them.
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The first image was generated using AI, and the second image is mine.