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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