In the Cah! Part 1 (Day 30: 3/30/10)

What's the good news?

First off, let me say YAY for getting to 30 days with such amazing results!

So here's something that I have not touched on yet. What's it like for you in your vehicle? Do you enjoy hopping in your car and cruising USA? Do you have a good time riding to work in heavy traffic? Hmm?

Well if you really do enjoy driving, that's great! I've found that driving in the car is a total uplifting experience. Each time. Or at least...it can be! If it isn't, well that's no good! Tonight I want to help you out here. So how should we do this?

Okay, I am going to break it up into two general categories. Since it will be pretty long, I'm going to break the posts into to and cover the second one tomorrow. That one is probably shorter, so it'll give me a chance to report in on what's going on in my life as well. Here are the two drivers that I am addressing:

-The All-fearing driver
-The Easily Angered driver (tune in tomorrow)

Oddly enough, I have been both of these drivers (sometimes all at once?), so I have a little experience here.

FOR THE ALL-FEARING DRIVER:

Ok, so you have mini-panic attacks every time you go out--when you go out, because driving is, well, scary. So what exactly are you scared of? There are two main fears dealing with driving that I know of, so I will address them both.

1. DYING

Well that's a logical and somewhat fair fear. Many, many, people get into car accidents everyday. Some die. It's a fact. Another fact? People die. Everyday. Regardless of the way it happens; it happens. There is a lot to be said about death, but that is another post for another day. A lot of people have different ideas on it, so I shall save that for later. My main point here is that in this day in age, death happens (for your body anyway). It is a promise.

You really should not let a that fear which is promised to you in one way or another, govern what you do and do not do. You can live on should you allow it, you could die tomorrow. Whether you are in a car or not. So you need to let that fear go. Just let it go. When you get in your car, state clearly to yourself, "I am safe. I happily arrive to all of my destinations on time. It feels good to feel safe and comfortable in my car that gets me where I need to go."

But of course, I know that if it involves a built up fear, it's going to take some time. Work at this. Take small steps. Spend time in your car without driving. Just be in your car and work at feeling good in your car (or the car that you go places in). You want to work up too the point where you can actually feel not just comfortable there, but feel GOOD. If you have to, take things that you enjoy with you, maybe your favorite book, or some leisurely activity that you enjoy, and do it there. Then you can associate having fun with the vehicle. You'll feel good about the car. Only good can come after that point.


2. THE POPO

Now, here's where I've had issues with driving.

So every time the light turns red you hit the brakes, and your hands are shaking something fierce because you thought you saw a state sheriff man in your rear-view mirror. You're just plain scared of getting pulled over by the police. Or further, you're scared of getting a ticket, and having to go to court, and having to pay fines...then there's points on your license and then...ahh!

Let me tell you, I had this problem once. I worried over getting pulled over and getting in trouble, whether I was breaking the law or not. It was tough. Well after worrying, and worrying, and worrying over it some more every time I got in my car, guess what? Yup, the universe gave me exactly what I was asking for. (and by "ask" I mean the vibration of, getting pulled over by the cops) I got pulled over.

Even though I was scared to death, I learned two very important things that night:
-The Law of Attraction works (haha, as you already know. and,)
-Police are people too. Ordinary people who are just doing their job and trying to keep us all safe. They aren't scary.

The cop I got was actually very attractive, and he was very very nice to me! I didn't get a ticket or anything, not even really a warning. He just joked at me and suggested I pay better attention to what I was doing. That experience was enough to get rid of my fear of cops. The bottom line is, if you aren't doing anything wrong, then there is no logical reason for you to fear being pulled over. They are only looking out for people who aren't abiding by the laws. So just do what's right and you don't even have to worry about the police. So let that fear go.


Ok, so this ends part one of the 2 part post on driving in the car. If you are an all-fearing driver, I hope that this is at least a little light on your fears. I hope that you can learn to enjoy driving! It's a time to meditate, focus, or even just have a good time jamming to your music. It shouldn't be something that you fear!