Usually I live in a small town and there is not much traffic. But I would like to tell that time that happened to me last Sunday. When I was attending my sister’s wedding, the destination is about a two-horse journey for me. I get up early, I completed my all household chores and my all pending works. I got ready with a heavy dress along with a jewelry. I left my home on hour early and started the journey because it was just a 2 hours drive. After 10-20 minutes on the highway I stuck in a traffic jam. The traffic jam was very heavy. First 10 minutes I didn’t came to know why the traffic jam is going on. After some time traffic police came and said highway construction was going on which was causing the jam. Some people started to beat about the bush here and there. Some were making noise with their horns, some were shouting and etc. With that situation I got disappointed and I lost my patience. However I kept calm, I took a deep breath and I started listening to motivational stories which helped me to keep my mind calm and give me a motivation for my life. However, the jam was cleared after 2 hours and I was able to attend my sister’s marriage. Although I was late to attend and my makeup was spoiled, my mood was spoiled. I took refreshment for myself and enjoyed that function. So finally I would consider that traffic jams make a disturbance to our mind and it disappoints a lot. Thank you.
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Usually, I live in a small town, and there is not much traffic. But I would like to tell you about a time that happened to me last Sunday. When I was attending my sister's wedding, the destination was about a two-hour journey for me. I got up early, completed all my household chores, and finished my pending work. I got ready in a heavy dress along with jewelry. I left my home an hour early and started the journey because it was just a two-hour drive. After 10 to 20 minutes on the highway, I got stuck in a traffic jam. The traffic jam was very heavy. For the first 10 minutes, I didn't know why the traffic jam was happening. After some time, traffic police came and said highway construction was going on, which was causing the jam. Some people started to fidget here and there. Some were making noise with their horns, and some were shouting, etc. In that situation, I got disappointed and lost my patience. However, I kept calm, took a deep breath, and started listening to motivational stories, which helped me keep my mind calm and gave me motivation for my life. The jam cleared after two hours, and I was able to attend my sister's wedding. Although I was late and my makeup was spoiled, my mood was not ruined. I took some refreshment for myself and enjoyed the function. So finally, I would consider that traffic jams create a disturbance to our minds and can be quite disappointing. Thank you.
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