Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

I have to go to the DMV today to fail my vision test, turn in the eye doctor's form and get another appointment for a driving test.  I'm stressed out, and gloomy.  I'm wearing a black shirt if that gives you the picture.  My husband offered to drive me there for moral support and at first I turned him down, but then thought, what the heck, I could use some moral support or tranquillizers or a new brain.  This is me accepting help:  desperation.  Now I'm superstitious about his coming:  will it be good luck or bad luck?  Will a black cat cross my path?  This is the degree of my irrationality.
I can tell myself I'll get around on buses and walk more which would be good for me.  But I want the freedom of driving myself by myself, if the truth be told.  I'll hope things go well, so that I can get all hysterical again when I have the driving test, which is long and difficult, as it ought to be.  I drive fine normally, but there are so many ways to blow the test; let me not count them lest I go ballistic.  It's a good thing to accept support, isn't it?  I'm clinging to that idea.  My character is improving even if my eyesight is not.

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