The following was shared in "How to Stop Worrying" by Dale Carnegie:

On the slope of Long’s Peak in Colorado lies the ruin of a gigantic tree. Naturalists tell us that it stood some four hundred years. It was a seedling when Columbus landed at San Salvador, and half grown when Pilgrims settled at Plymouth. During the course of its long life it was struck by lightning fourteen times, and the innumerable avalanches and storms of four centuries thundered past it. It survived them all. In the end, however, an army of beetles attacked the tree and leveled it to the ground. The insects ate their way through the bark and gradually destroyed the inner strength of the tree by their tiny but incessant attacks. A forest giant which age had not withered, nor lightning blasted, nor storms subdued, fell at last before beetles so small a man could crush them between his forefinger and his thumb.

After this short story, he summarizes for his readers:

Let’s not allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. Remember, "Life is too short to be little,"

I know this isn’t telling you anything you didn’t already know, but I think we can all use a reminder.

Think of one little beetle that you are letting eat away at your life. And then smash it between your finger and your thumb.

Make it a great day.

Jake

PS – I know I have said this before, but I will say it again….."How to Stop Worrying" is a super awesome book and you should read it. ​