Safety Net

Sunday, 20th June 2010

Car troubles are always a worry regardless of whether you have a new car or an old one. Sometimes there’s no conceivable reason for a car to break down - especially when everything seems to be working fine one minute and then the next your car won’t start. One of life little mysteries I suppose but there’s an important lesson to be learned here.

I’ve just gotten back to Dream Central after having my friend’s car towed. The car suddenly stalled and wouldn’t start again. As it’s an automatic with full electrics there’s very little that we could do to have a look at the problem. My friend called up the roadside assistance people who took 45 minutes to get to the car (which isn’t too bad for a Sunday). When they got there he asked us to lift up the hood and start the car and then told us there was nothing he could do for us except to organise a tow truck - which took another 45 minutes to get there but at least they actually did something for us and towed the car away.

When you think about what just happened, it would appear that having roadside assistance membership is completely useless and that’s exactly what my friend said. But see the thing is it’s not just about getting your car fixed. It’s about feeling safe and secure that when disaster strikes you can contact someone who can help you out and support you. Sort of like a safety net for you. It’s a bit like paying insurance. Millions of dollars are spent everyday on making payments for events that might not ever occur- but if they do occur at least you know you are covered. It’s all about peace of mind and how you value feeling safe and secure. So that got me thinking, do you have a safety net in your life?

As with insurance there’s a mixed bunch of thoughts about having a safety net. Lots of people out there don’t believe bad things will ever happen to them so they don’t bother having a safety net and they just take disasters as they come. Others believe that bad things are a part of life and just expect bad things to happen all the time and deal with them. Then there are a few of us who acknowledge that bad things sometimes do happen in our lives for no apparent reason and if we want to continue to Dream,Build,Inspire,Lead! then we need to plan for some of those bad things. We need to have our own safety net.

Now having a safety net could mean a bunch of things for different people. It really depends what you value the most to get you out of your disaster. For me personally it’s having my Disaster Recovery Fund, which is pretty much some savings that I put away when I can to help me out if something bad happens in my life. For others it might be having a special network of friends and family to tap into if disaster strikes. It might even be a special place that you visit to chill out and get your head back in the game. It’s whatever means something to you to help you get through a disaster in your life.

So this week I challenge you to put together your Safety Net. Make sure that you’re covered so that if and when disaster strikes in your life you’ll know that you’ve already got something in place to help you move forward.

Dream, Build, Inspire, Lead!

AJ~

Author: AJ Kulatunga

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