One day on the way to the airport I hopped into a taxi. We were going on the right track, when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of our car. My taxi driver slammed the brakes, skidded and scarcely missed hitting the other car. The driver of the other car started yelling at us. To my great surprise, the taxi driver just smiled and waved his hand in a friendly way. So I asked him, “Why did you do that? He almost ruined your car and could have sent us both to the hospital.”
That is when the taxi driver taught me what I call ‘the law of the garbage truck.’
“Many people are like garbage trucks,” he explained.
“They run around full of garbage, frustration, disappointment etc. As the garbage piles up, they need a place to dump them. Sometimes they will dump it on you. NEVER, never take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well and get on with your work. Don’t ever take their garbage and spread it to other people around you at work, at home or on the streets.”
Every one you meet is fighting some kind of battle within him, though we may not know what that might be. So be kinder than necessary. The bottom line is that we should not let garbage trucks take over our day. Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. Love the people who treat you right…, pray for the ones who do not.
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