the view from the passenger seat

it took a while before i learned to enjoy the benefits of driving. my motor skills are not what you’d call exemplary (or normal, to begin with!).. so it was some time before i even managed to park my car properly (and not at all times, at that.. haha!). but eventually, i did learn to love driving.. and the feeling of freedom and independence i get everytime i get behind the wheel :)

like so many people, i now enjoy driving. i feel happy that i can (almost) effortlessly go from one place to another. i don’t have to wait for a ride to go to school. i don’t have to inhale the noxious gases so abundantly found in the streets of the metro. thanks to airconditioning, i don’t have to worry about the searing heat of the sun. neither should i worry about getting wet in the rain (well.. floods are a different story.. but you get my drift). and best of all, i get to spend precious “alone time” - where i’m all by myself.. listening to whatever i want to listen to on the radio or on tape/cd.

yeah.. i do love to drive. but honestly? i think the best times for me are still when i’m in the passenger seat :) not only do i enjoy most of the benefits i mentioned earlier; i also have the added bonus of having a great driver (usually my dad.. hehe :p) in charge! ‘coz you see, as a driver, i easily get lost. seriously. i’d probably need to pass through *exactly the same route* at least 10x before i memorize how to get to a particular destination. haha. i am soooo totally “directionally-challenged.” :p

and the same goes with my life. oh, sure.. it’s a blast, having control over the different aspects of life - career, community, friendships, romance (?!), etc. but oftentimes, i find i’m not really all that good at pinpointing which direction i should go.. which way i must take. i’d get stuck in a rut.. fall into all sorts of potholes.. go round and round in circles.. get trapped in one-way streets and the like. but the good thing is i have the Greatest Driver ever :) and His directions are *always* right.. His guiding hand *always* ready to steer me to safety.. His way *always* leading to the light.

ahhh. the view from the passenger seat sure is wonderful.. :D