I need to work on this. Of course, my dh does NOT help....he is very NOT Wu Wei.
I try to "go with the flow" and not get too upset but that's tough for me.
I believe in learning from every situation, and so I can see that in your example. What did I learn from having my purse stolen, rather than getting pissed. However, I think that reactions are important, too. I think that moderating is the key....for me, at least. I need to work on NOT getting upset at trivial things, and also on actually reacting to the big things. I have a tendency to get pissed off at some small thing that doesn't matter, but when something big happens, I go numb.
Part of that is my fuse length....it's long, but keeps burning, so I'll get upset at something small because I'm burning over the last week's worth of stuff. So, letting go is something to work on, too!
Also, I tend to process big things slowly. Maybe I kind of do that Wu Wei with the big things. I don't react quickly, but instead let life flow till I figure out what I am supposed to do.