We took the brand new, bright-blue Micra out one busy evening.
“Do you have someone to stand guard on it through the day and night?” asked Mr Duggal, my driving instructor.
“No,” said I.
“What if there’s a big scratch? What would you do?” he asked.
“What could I do?” said I. “I wouldn’t know who’s done it.”
“So when you take it out today,” said Mr Duggal, “The car may get a few scratches. It’s not any worse than an anonymous someone scratching it,” he said.
I smiled.
“So forget the scratches you might make and drive on,” said Mr Duggal.
Teaching confidence doesn’t come of warning your child
Of all the things she could break
When the most important thing is for her to learn.
Nobody ever learnt 2 things at a time.
1. To learn a thing
2. Without a scratch
Important thing isn’t that there never is a fall
But that she knows it’s ok to fall
And gets up when she does.
This helps her loosen up and be herself.
That’s how she builds confidence
And resilience and the zillion other things that give her success and peace.
Poetry in Life 