Driving with Sunday

   When I was 18 and went to driving school my instructor was a bit of a dirty middle aged man.
   The very first time we went driving he started touching my leg and telling me how beautiful my eyes were. It disturbed me for sure, but as these unwanted advances are so usual in a young woman´s life, I just ignored them the best I could. 
...until he, one dark winter evening made me drive to a deserted area in the woods and jumped my bones.
   I fought him of, he told me that I could change the instructor and I said oh no, you are gonna teach me, and do it like a gentleman or I will report you to your employer. I also said that, even though he kept telling me that I was not ready for the driving test, I would like to take my chances on that asp. 
   I took the test, passed, and my instructor said            
" What? Really? I can´t believe that? "  To say so was not very nice of him, was it now, as his words fell on to a very fertile ground. Under neath my some what hard skin, I was very uncertain of myself. People had let me know  enough of times that I could not, that I was not good enough.
But I was. But I am.

The driving license had not been a big deal to me to start with. And so it happened that after the actions and words of the driving instructor, I didn´t drive a car for about 20 years.

Then I started to think that I´m an intelligent woman, with all kinds of skills: naturally  I can drive a car if I want to. So, with a little help from my bro and my friends. I got my self a car and started driving. And I could. And I can. Like a lot of things.

Some people where amazed of my courage. But it was not so much a matter of courage as it was of self-assurance. 
Understanding that I am not a worse or more stupid than others. Self-confidence is a big thing, but it is built on small pieces. Training, succeeding, understanding that you are down right perfect as you are pieces of the puzzle that makes a whole self. confidence. The people close to you are the key in building this puzzle. So be careful with you let near you.
  Do not intentionally poison the ground under anyones feet. You never know how far-reaching the consequences of your words can be! 

If you want to, you can! Almost anything!

Pin it up on your map: Cappadoccia, Turkey.

“But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.

"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

It is better to be a little bit crazy, than too clever for your own good! ;)