Yes Living well is the best revenge and as you say even when defeat is visited upon you its best looked at with a smile
I was once involved in a road rage incident Guy accosted me yelled etc and then swung a fist I just pulled my head out of way
he screamed "stop smiling at me" "Its not fair" "your not supposed to" " Why are you smiling"
Honest when some one complains about you smiling its hard to stop
Looking back now I must give me a Daniel Boone Award I grinned down a grizzly road rager Too funny
Thanks for jogging that memory