1300 643 287 (1300 MHF AUS)
27-12-2025 06:03 AM
27-12-2025 06:03 AM
Good Morning
Dear diary
For the last few days
I have found that calm and gentle feeling that helps me get thru my day .
It been a pleasure to find my self , and consider my self at the time to be normal .
You and I teach my self of the struggles we face every single day .
From natural concern to heath to well being , to coping balance and maintaining .
To know you feel a sense of hope joy and happiness , can help anyone get thru there struggles .
I helped a very good friend , get thru her fears of driving .
I mentioned to my friend , I'm going to stop up the road so you can drive .
My friend has never driven on a road doing more than 60kmh .
And has not been driving much , less than 20 hour's in the log book .
So to me this is a big deal , and a ordeal for my friend to drive and keep her anxiety under control while driving .
Now , just keep in mind this is the first time doing highway speeds .
As I know my self , the key to driving a vehicle .
Is to keep calm relax , be mindful and focused .
Thank god for the holidays , so the highway is so so quiet , with little next to no traffic .
So I put the challenge to my friend , of round about 15km as a distance to conquer on this day .
I was there to guide and stand by my friend , as a guided driving test to get confident and win this battle or fear of driving .
If you have never ever been confident , and never driven a car at highway speeds .
You would know how my friend is feeling .
I know life can be hard , and I know life can be difficult .
The jubilation of conquering the 15km drive .
Was a win for us both in many different ways .
But most of all , I was so proud my friend taking up the challenge .
And In the end , Im so proud of my friend .
And happy we could enjoy that moment together .
And yes
We both made it
And the thing is , when we got out of the car .
We both could not stop smiling
As I mentioned how proud I was to be there for my friend .
And love this moment to teach and be tough .
In this lesson of our lives
Live and learn
Give and share
Sending big hugs
Happy holidays
With well wishes 😌
Dear diary
I'll take to you later 😊
27-12-2025 03:38 PM
27-12-2025 03:38 PM
Oh wow! It can feel so good to help another person to achieve something so difficult.
And you have also given your own life a bit of lightness, which I think we could all use from time to time.
Well done, you!
xoxSw
27-12-2025 08:21 PM
27-12-2025 08:21 PM
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