When I was buying a car two years ago, all I thought I needed was money to fuel it. Contrary to expectations, the money spent over the years on repairs is enough to buy a third-hand car. It's my fault. I had no idea how to manage a car. All I thought the car needed was fuel.
In retrospect I observe that I spent so much money repairing the car because of its little faults I ignored. Those seemingly small issues resulted in great issues requiring great money to fix. If only I had sought my mechanic's attention when the car jerked a few times. And when the fuel gauge stayed up long after I removed the key from the ignition. I should have called him when it seemed the car preferred the ac off. Like you could literally hear the car heave a sigh of relief when I turned off the ac.
But no. All that was on my mind was how I needed to be at the office in fifteen minutes and how my car was strong enough at that moment to take me there. I'll call my mechanic on Saturday. Then Saturday came. No I have too many places to drive to this Saturday, I'll call my mechanic next weekend. You will not believe (I can not believe it too) that I did not call my mechanic until my car stopped right in the middle of the highway.
I'm not in the mood to start listing lessons learnt spiritual and otherwise. If you like take the lesson, if you like leave it. What should have taken a day and like 10k to rectify has now taken many days and a lot of money. A stitch in time saves ninety-nine.
