Thursday, July 5, 2007

Love. Otherwise, divorce right now!

Do you love your car? By that I mean, do you wash your car YOURSELF twice a week, clean the interior every other day, wax the paint every month and degrease every nook and cranny of whatever it is under the bonnet?

Do you read car magazines and books and watch car-related TV shows to enrich your knowledge on car maintenance so much so that it even occurred to you once to attempt an oil change?

If your answer is no, I am not surprised, because you, like most Malaysians fall into the category of people who have no love-affair with their cars. You don’t love your car. You just can’t live without the car only because you are addicted to it. Your brain simply cannot comprehend how a person can live successfully without owning a car. Your mindset is conditioned (by advertisements, extravagant lifestyle, peers, upbringing, society and sometimes even by your own parents) to the notion that life is impossible without the car, fooling you into believing that the car is a symbol of freedom, success and wealth. It’s all a lie. Worse, they put it top priority along other basic needs. Food, clothing and shelter are basic needs. The car is not.

It’s time to evaluate your affair with the car. Is it love? Or is it addiction? If it is addiction, like drugs and alcohol, then it can be cured. Divorce your car right now, and set yourself free.

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