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Not Everyone Can Climb Mount Everest And That’s Okay
It’s my story of building shame resilience.
Around 15–16 years ago, I got my first driving license. However, just after I got the license, I met with a car accident. The accident wasn’t fatal, but it could have been.
Luckily the chassis of the car got stuck on a big block of concrete, otherwise, the car would have smashed into a wall and I can’t even imagine what the consequences would have been had that concrete block not been there.
But this incident robbed me of the courage to drive forever. I could not bring myself behind the steering wheel again. I felt I wasn’t fit to drive a car.
My Fear against Driving
I know people go through more critical accidents. My sister’s accident was way more fatal.
Her 8 seater SUV was hit by another car. It toppled over and got totaled. Her one-year-old daughter was hanging upside down (but thankfully secured to seatbelt) when the emergency service broke the door and rescued her.
A few years prior to this, a colleague of mine was killed in a car accident. Another colleague was driving the car when he lost control and hit the lane divider. They were both…