Though driving is a soulful activity for some, it involves a hazards, practice, experience, assistance, concentration, yet is full of pulsating pleasure, especially if you are sitting in a Mercedes E class powered by a vertical 8 cylinder engine that is capable of producing a massive 500 horsepower. Yet with the power of driving this “beast” comes the great responsibility of being cautious, courteous, and careful and so you need an exceptional teacher to master the same. “How confident are you?” my sponsor asked me as she parked her Mercedes on the side of the road looking at me from behind her Ray Bans. I wasn’t confident at all. I was afraid to put a dent on her car, afraid that the cars behind me will honk if I went slower than the normal speed limit, afraid that my sponsor will scream if I went over the speed limit, afraid that I might not be able to drive a car ever again and will have to go back to learning over the golf cart which was fairly easier to handle. I love to drive cars, two wheelers not so much. That being said, I had driven a car only once prior to this experience on an empty road at 2 am in the morning in India. Different Rules, different cars, different sides, everything was different. As soon as I positioned myself in the driver’s seat I received a fair set of instructions on how to drive the “Beast”. The automatic transmission made things easier but I could feel the eyes of my sponsor on me. I had watched her drive many times, and I made myself comfortable in the driver’s seat like she does before starting the car. Still not familiar with most of the key concepts of the car, or the road and to seek that “positive affirmation” that my sponsor always radiates through her omnipresent smile I look towards her and she says “ You’ll be fine, press the brake pedal and put the transmission to drive , and the car will start to move on its own.” And so it did. I could feel the engine, its rev