The Law of the Garbage Truck

How often do u let other people’s nonsense change ur mood?
Do u let a bad driver, rude waiter, curt boss or insensitive employee ruin ur day?
However, the mark of a successful person is how quickly one can get back their focus on what’s important.
David J. Pollay explains his story in this way…. Sixteen years ago, i 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 Station. We were driving in the
right lane wen, all of a sudden, a black car jumped out of a parking space right infront 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, i said, ” Why did u 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 i now call, “The Law of the Garbage Truck”.
Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustrartion, full of anger and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it. And if u let them, they’ll dump it on u. Wen someone
wants to dump on u, don’t take it personally. U just smile, wave, wish them well, and
move on. U’ll be happy u did.
I started thinking, how often do i let Garbage Trucks run right over me?
And how often do i take their garbage and spread it to other people; at work, at home, on the streets? It was that day i said, "I'm not going to do it any more". Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. Love the people who treat u right. Forget about the ones who don’t. Believe that everything happens for a reason. Never let the garbage truck run over you.

“Every problem has in it the seeds of its own
solution. If you don’t have any
problems, you don’t get any seeds”. Norman
Vincent Peale.