There are times in life, where no matter who gives you advice
You have to suffer to learn from it
And this was the case back when I was 17
I was never a crazy driver when I passed
But I also thought I knew better than what others would tell me
A few months after I passed my test, I upgraded my trusty Peugeot 106
To a Blue Rover 25 GTI, including a Halford in car light, new CD player & everything else to make the car awesome back then 🤣
Anyway…
About 2 weeks after getting the car, a few friends had mentioned about a late night rally
The rally was fully organised, roads closed, everything legit
Except for the part that, we would also join in 😬
Of course, deep down I knew this is something I should never be doing & of course, I wasn’t going to tell my parents what I was planning to do
I joined in the rally about 3rd turn in, around 1am
& it was all going well….
That was until about 20 minutes in, I took a corner to fast and 💥
Straight into a solid rock wall at about 30mph
Luckily, I was okay, the car on the other hand was a right off
The dread of then having to explain to everyone what happened, why I had no car & then listen to the many lectures
& this brings me onto why I am sharing this with you
There are times, where you just don’t want to listen to other peoples advice
There are times where you need to fail, crash or loose to understand the reasoning
It’s how you deal and bounce back that really shows you what you need to do next time
For me, it is to not drive in a rally again in this instance 😑
In other instances I have learnt a lot about myself, better ways of doing something or a clear path for the next time I try it
You got this 💪
David 🙂
