Last week the DH and Mmmmmmm took QuickSilver to a new owners' reception at the dealership. They gave us lots of good information about maintaining our car. Perhaps the most interesting was an instructor from the SWERVE Driving School who gave us a too short talk about proper driving techniques and accident avoidance.

The SWERVE instructor said that people get in the cars everyday but fail to show up because they're not paying attention. Instead they're talking on a cell phone, drinking a latte, eating a burger or messing with the CD player/radio. By the time they notice and react to an accident situation, it's too late because they're driving or noticing only about as far as their hood ornament. They get fixated on the fast approaching problem. Your car goes where you're looking. His advice was, "Look away from your problem and identify your escape route."

That's just what self help gurus have been saying forever, isn't it. Turn your attention away from fixating on your problem so that you can see the opportunities, solutions or a needed escape route. Great advice!

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmelinda