Driving Lessons

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February 2, 2018 a project of ServiceSpace Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations. - Unknown - Driving Lessons In this beguiling essay, writer Snigdha Manickavel brings to life the experience of taking driving lessons in small town South India. "I'm learning to drive. I am grasping terror in my hands and tossing it aside. I wake up early in the morning, earlier than I have for years. It is cool and grey outside and my room is filled with dark shapes and hungry mosquitoes. I wear my sister's abandoned clothes and dress in the dark because 6 a.m. is when our daily three-hour power cut starts. " Her vivid prose goes on to paint a picture of her particular corner of the world, and the specific people who inhabit it -- including her wonderfully eccentric driving teacher. Woven into the local detail of her story, are universal themes - struggle and triumph, fear and compassion, self-doubt and empathy. { read more } Be The Change Encourage someone and yourself in taking a chance, in learning something difficult, in reaching beyond the every day and status quo. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News The Disease of Being Busy The Benefits of Learning to Be Kind to Yourself Bhutan's Dark Secret to Happiness 7 Lessons About Finding the Work You Were Meant to Do Two Words That Can Change a Life Learning to Die 10 Ways to Have A Better Conversation Anne Lamott Writes Down Every Single Thing She Knows DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 244,832 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More