What If . . .

What if one were to let every slight slip by like a piece of paper tossed about by the wind? Man, we humans can take the slightest remark we judge as a slight and turn it into a reason for a battle. Does it make sense to get upset over something one won’t remember in a short time? Let’s see what we get out of it. We kick our blood pressure up. We let it take control of our thoughts for the rest of the day. We may lose a friend. Hmmm. it doesn’t sound like much of a reward. If I blow off the remark, my blood pressure remains good, I’m thinking about better things in life, and maybe I can file a comment away that I can use in a piece of fiction I’m working on.