Just as I opened my computer to write a few words today, a
familiar ring tone notified me of an incoming email. A friend forwarded
me an email entitled “Law of the Garbage Truck”. If I knewthe original writer or
sender, I would give them credit . It contains much wisdom- God’s truth -
conveyed through an ordinary event of life; and I’ve chosen to share it
with you.
“Garbage Truck Law"
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. I mean, he was really friendly.
So I asked, 'Hey, why did you 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: 'Law of the Garbage Truck'.
He said: "You know, 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, so sometimes they'll dump it on you."
His advice was "Don't take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don't pick up the garbage others are trying to get rid of. If you do, you'll take it with you and will end up dumping it on people around you, at work, at home, or on the streets."
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. I mean, he was really friendly.
So I asked, 'Hey, why did you 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: 'Law of the Garbage Truck'.
He said: "You know, 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, so sometimes they'll dump it on you."
His advice was "Don't take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don't pick up the garbage others are trying to get rid of. If you do, you'll take it with you and will end up dumping it on people around you, at work, at home, or on the streets."
If you want to be happy, do not let garbage trucks - your own or other people's - overtake your day. Let go of anything that's not positive.
Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it!
"Love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones who don't.”
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