My oil cap lesson

I am not any less significant as others are, nor am I any more important as the rest of the world is.

Last Friday I brought my car to sears between wading through work demands. I discovered my muffler has been hanging pathetically and could let go any moment soon. On my way I remembered my oil has been due for change some two months back, so I thought I might as well do it then. After some wait, I was charged less than $20 for the oil change - the cheapest I've been charged ever - and got the muffler holder screwed back on free of charge. Happy with the deal and ecstatic with getting car issues out of my way, I made an effort to make sure people got credit for it, so I did the sears survey and gave glowing reviews.

Later that day, wondering why I haven't got my pay for a month now, I found out the reason was because I fell through the cracks. My name was unfortunately missed out in the roster amongst the others. The day even went worse when I found out from the Sears guy that the mechanic forgot to put my oil cap back on. Annoyed with the thought that I have to go back, and that my car could be in bigger trouble, I was transforming to Ms Hyde.

And then off to Sears Ms. Hyde went, spewing out like a tiny little mean Asian girl. It didn't help that after the clean up, the paint under the hood was rubbed off, making Ms Hyde on the verge of being Ms. Hulk. Spew and spew and spew, thinking she has a point. Unfortunately, whatever point there was, got drowned by her mean actions.

When the anger ebbed, I was left to realize that once again my temper have failed me. I was scared with the thought that I have started to think myself as bigger than who I am or what I perceive myself to be. I expect myself to be better than that.

I vowed from that day on - I will not see anyone less significant as myself. Nor will I see myself any less important than others.