And so..

The car couldn't start at Dempsey on Saturday because I forgot to turn off the hazard lights. By the time I was done with ice-creAm 2 hours later. I called the insurance compAny and thankfully, they sent a guy within half an hour. He didn't come in the form of a tow truck, which is fine by me. He wore T-shirt and berms and drove an old Honda Accord. He opened up my bonnet and opened up his boot and in it I see many boxes of batteries. He jump started my car, tested the battery level and told me I could change the battery if I like but it was still okay. I took his "still okay" evaluation seriously since my bAttery was still okay when I checked a few months ago.

This afternoon, as if I didn't have enough to do, the car trembled in a threatening way when I started it to go off to meet a friend for tea. I brought the car to the Shell petrol kiosk beside my friend's place to get it checked and yep the battery needed to be replaced. Since I was going to be around that area for lunch, I asked about servicing as well. Turned out I had to change the air filter, air con filter and brake fluid. All in all, everything cost $347. Bleah. Guess what? I felt so confident driving the car after. Better to get it evaluated and maintain it now than to have it in a worse condition and incur a bigger cost in future.

It's a bit like our relationship with God, isn't it? Well, He's the one constantly prodding me to let me know which area of my life and character I need to work on. Better to maintain the soul from time to time than to reach a point when one is so "damaged" they have to spend a long time mending the pieces.

Zzzzzzz.
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