How often do you let other people/s nonsense change your
mood?? Do you let a bad driver, rude waiter, curt boss, or an insensitive
employee ruin your day? However, the
mark of a succesfull person is how
quickly one can get back their focus on what’s important.
David J. Pollay explain his story in this way…… Sixteen
years ago l learned this lesson. I
learned it in the back of a New York city taxi cab. Here’s what happened. I hopped in a taxi, and we
took off for Grand Central Situation. We were driving in the right lane when,
all of a sudden, a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us.
My taxi driver slammed on his breaks, skidded, and missed the other car’s back end by just inches !! The driver of the
other car, the guy who almost caused a
big accident, whipped his head around
and he started yelling bad words at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at
the guy. And I mean….. he was friendly.
So, l said, “Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent
us to the hospital?” And this is when my
taxi driver told me what l now call The Law of The Garbage Truck”.
“Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full
of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointed. As
their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it. And if you let them, they’ll
dump it on you. When someone wants to
dump on you, don’t take it personally. You just smile, wave, wish them well,
and move on. You’ll be happy you did”.
I started thinking, how often do l let garbage trucks run
right over me” and how often do l take their garbage and spread it to other
people: at home, at work, on the street? It was that day l said, “I’m not going
to do it anymore”.
Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. Love
the people who treat you right. Forget about the ones who don’t. Believe that
anything happens for a reason. Never let
The Garbage Truck run over you……
