Law of the Garbage Truck

I got this as an email.. considering how people have
been lately, I thought it might make a good message
for all of us..

Law of the Garbage Truck

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!

Don't know who wrote this..but nice way to live life.

update: if you read the comments on this post,
you will see there is an author to this.. so I am
grateful to Dawn for letting me know who wrote
this fine lesson of life. David j.Pollay has his own
blog.. and here is the place to go for the rest of
the story.


www.davidjpollay.typepad.com.