Garbage Truck
While we are on the subject of waste; a friend forwarded this to me and I really like it:
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 drove 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. Ignore the ones who don’t. Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it! The seeds you plant today, determine the harvest you reap tomorrow.
A short prayer:
Lord, please pour out your holy spirit upon us that we will have the nine fruit of the spirit in us and specially the patients towards everyone in this world that we will not carry anyone’s garbage in us.
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That was awesome. Thank you for posting that!
Thank you, ck. It was a reminder I needed! Sometimes, the hardest thing is NOT to react. Most of the time, it is not personal, just, as the story says, a person who needs to dump their garbage. It helps me to have a reminder not to dump mine, but to find a safe place to dump!
I really like this taxi driver’s idea. I think it’s great analogy!
Expat 21
Wonderful analogy. The way I drive when I’m in Kuwait, now, is in the middle lane, and super SLOW. I got driven off the road by two women last summer and nearly died as a result, so my new motto, above all, is to not maintain eye contact and let them zip around me!
Expat 21 – Glad you like it, too.
Harmonie22 – Yep. It’s the driving, for me, too. It’s hard sometimes not to take it personally, and this is just a good reminder that everyone is dealing with someting, and not to let it influence OUR attitudes. 🙂