Tammy was in a small accident this morning.\u00a0 She was sitting at a stop sign when a young lady in a car bumped into the rear of Tammy’s van.\u00a0 There was no damage to the van, but the other lady received a small crinkle on her bumper and, according to her, a “ruined day.”\u00a0 Nobody was hurt.\u00a0 Nobody lost their driver’s license.\u00a0 Nobody even got a ticket, but the lady declared her day ruined.\u00a0 Tammy assured the tearful young lady it would be OK.\u00a0 There was no cause for a ruined day.\u00a0 After more reassurance and a hug, they each went their separate ways, not even knowing each others name.<\/p>\n
When Tammy first told me the story, I thought how I might have reacted had my bumper been crinkled.\u00a0 I think Tammy is right.\u00a0 A slightly crinkled bumper does not constitute a ruined day.\u00a0 A lost job maybe.\u00a0 A report of cancer probably.\u00a0 The death of someone close, surely.\u00a0 But a crinkle in a bumper?\u00a0 It would seem this young lady must have her “ruined day threshold” set pretty low.\u00a0 The whole story has me taking a closer look at my own day-status meter.\u00a0 I am thinking of bumping the ruined day threshold up a couple of notches.\u00a0 Why not?\u00a0 The higher my ruined day threshold, the more good days I am likely to live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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