Mind Over Matter

This morning I woke up and went through my usual routine, which occasionally includes driving through a Dunkin Donuts drive through to get a small iced caramelLatte, no sugar and whipped cream.I already knew what I wanted, so right before I pull up into the drive thru my car rattles, beeps and that's right it dies. I put my car in park, pop the hood and let the person behind me know that my car died. I walk to the front of my car and a began taking a look under my hood as though I'd know what to search for.As I calmly walk back to the drivers side, I start to think who to reach out to to help me, in Patterson, NJ. I reach out to a coworker that lives in the next town over which is where we work and gratefully enough they come to scoop me up.As I am waiting for my ride to either give me a jump or pick me up, someone comes out of a red Jaguar with NY plates and asks me what happened. This guy, a little on the hefty side, with dreadlocks helps me put my car in neutral and rolls it back into a parking spot.We check to see if its the battery and indeed this is the case. He double checks that I will be okay and walks away. I let a few friends know the situation and the guy comes back and hands me money. He says, "Here go buy yourself a coffee because your day is starting out rough!" I was already on my way to get a coffee but I took it anyway and in the back of my mind I thought to myself, "My day isn't going to be rough. It's just a hiccup in the start of my day".While something like this is very much frustrating and a bit embarrassing, I decided to laugh at myself. I drive a 2000 Toyota Echo. I've been through so much crap with this car. I've told myself that I will drive this car "'till the wheels fall off'".I made it to work safely and I'm still working out the kinks.Be mindful of the stories other people tell you to believe. I decided to reject my day going bad because my car broke down. There are many other things that could be worse. Mind over matter.