Think of the small, everyday irritants: Someone cuts you off and grabs your parking space. Someone cuts in line in front of you after you’ve been waiting a half hour. Your waiter brings you clam chowder instead of tomato bisque. The list is endless. Is it worth getting angry? Is it worth ruining the next sixty minutes of your life fuming about the irritant? The only certain thing is you’ll never get the sixty minutes you wasted ruminating on the irritant. Roll with it. Let the irritant pass like a floating cloud. You’ll feel a lot better and so will those with you.
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