A woman took a parking place of mine today as I was sitting in front of the exiting vehicle with my blinkers on. She just dove in there, as parking thieves are prone to do. But I didn’t honk. I just backed up and looked. Well, okay, I might have glared at her slightly. But since her eyes were studiously avoiding mine, I quickly drove on and was confronted by a better parking space down the block, off the meter. Whomp. Big, beautiful, a breeze to pull into.

Life doesn’t always work this way, but good things do occur–and your body enjoys the benefits–when you don’t sweat the small stuff.