Surrender to the white flag

There is an art in learning how to surrender.  I often find myself in a battle, wondering how to  wave the white flag when things have not gone my way.   I just spent the last 15 minutes completely frustrated looking for my book.  I was sure one of the little people who live in this house had taken it.    I surrendered to the fact it was lost,  decided to stop looking for it and it suddenly appeared on my night stand.  Can surrendering to other situations be that easy?    I am going to make it my goal this week to “pick my battles” and “wave the white flag when necessary”.    We can’t change every situation,  sometimes we can only minimize the causalities.