sometimes, the basic things in life is all we really need….
The other day I was riding the bus when I looked out the window and saw a car stalled just before the traffic light. The hood of the engine was open and two young guys were standing outside the car looking totally bewildered. Then one of them runs across the road and comes back with a bottle of petrol! He fills up, closes the hood and starts the engine just as the lights turn green. They drive off looking slightly embarrassed and laughing to (or at) themselves.
I smiled to myself as I recalled being in the same scenario once. My mum was driving and suddenly we were stalled at the traffic lights. Quite embarrassing I would say. Thankfully, there was a petrol station nearby so my brother got down in the middle of the main road to go get petrol. I was wondering what the other drivers would be thinking. How can you forget something so basic as petrol for your car??
Sadly, that’s what happens most of the time. We forget. We are so caught up with our destinations that we forget that the journey needs to be fueled. We forget that not everybody can run on ‘nearly empty’ or maybe we just don’t care. Sometimes we look outside and see an awesome exterior. Spotless, shining with a tip top engine and we think ‘wow, that looks fine.’ But it ain’t gonna run if it ain’t gonna get fueled up. We take it for granted that just because something looks fine it will always be fine.
A fine car gets scratched, bumped, dusty, heck probably even a bunch of birds poo on it. It will probably still keep running but it will definitely stop when it runs out of fuel. Then we will realise that we like so totally forgot to fill up on fuel. So don’t forget to keep refilling your car with fuel. Don’t wait till it has to stop before your realise you’ve been ignoring the blinking red light by the ‘E’ sign because one day it might just be to late and your car might just not start again, ever…
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