One day
I hopped in a taxi and we took
off for the airport. We were driving
in the right lane when suddenly a
black car jumped out of a parking
space right in front of us.
My taxi
driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just
inches! The driver of the other car
whipped his head around and started yelling
at us.
My taxi
driver just smiled and waved at the
guy. And I mean he was really friendly...
So I asked, "Why did you just
do that? This guy almost ruined your
car and sent us to the hospital!"
This is
when my taxi driver taught me what
I now call, "The Law of the
Garbage Truck."He explained that many
people are like garbage trucks. They run
around full of garbage, full of frustration,
full of anger, and full of disappointment.
As their
garbage piles up, they need a place
to dump it and sometimes they'll dump
it on you... Don't take it personally.
Just smile, wave, wish them well, and
move on.
Don't take
their garbage and spread it to other
people at work, at home, or on the
streets.
The bottom
line is that successful people do not
let garbage trucks take over their day.
Life's too short to wake up in the
morning with regrets, so... Love the people
who treat you right. Pray for the
ones who don't. Life is ten percent
what you make it and ninety percent
how you take it!
Have
a blessed, garbage-free day!
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