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Worry About Others Much?

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I was recently sitting in the local Target parking lot (and for any of those who frequent Target, and this place can become The Hunger Games on a Saturday). As I pull down the main drive aisle I notice a great spot, however, there is car in front of me about to turn down the aisle of MY great parking spot. So I immediately begin to worry that the car in front of me is about to get MY great parking spot. The most subconscious and consuming thoughts begin to run through my head - I get a bit angry - thinking, "this is MY great spot, I saw this spot first, they better not take MY parking spot." Then the car turns down the aisle and pulls into a spot across the aisle, equally as "close." In fact, probably closer. I then have to laugh at myself and realize, that I completely missed another great opportunity because I was so worried and consumed with the possibility of someone else receiving an opportunity that I initially deemed as my own.   Once I began to think