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4 Replies Last post: Jan 12, 2009 10:01 PM by kmswealth

The Law of the Garbage Truck

Jan 11, 2009 7:47 AM

Click to view TheGloveGuy's profile Professional TheGloveGuy 7 posts since
Nov 11, 2008
Hello All, this is something we should all remember and try in our personal lives and in business!

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 life!

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Click to view LUCKIEST's profile SCORE LUCKIEST 7,939 posts since
Aug 6, 2007
1. Re: The Law of the Garbage Truck Jan 11, 2009 8:01 AM
The Law of the Garbage Truck

Randall, WOW. Great story

Thanks, LUCKIEST
Click to view BrassJmes's profile Mogul BrassJmes 35 posts since
Dec 8, 2008
2. Re: The Law of the Garbage Truck Jan 11, 2009 10:27 AM
in response to: LUCKIEST
Thanks for sharing that
It brought a smile to my face :-)

Jmes
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Click to view Lighthouse24's profile Mogul Lighthouse24 2,396 posts since
Oct 10, 2007
3. Re: The Law of the Garbage Truck Jan 11, 2009 3:46 PM
Wow, over the years it seems that tens of thousands of people in hundreds of cities have ridden with this same taxi driver -- and a black car always pulls out in front of them! Weird. (Seriously though, good lesson to remember -- thanks for sharing!)
Click to view kmswealth's profile Professional kmswealth 3 posts since
Jan 3, 2009
4. Re: The Law of the Garbage Truck Jan 12, 2009 10:01 PM
in response to: Lighthouse24
lol Lighthouse - agreed. But it is a great lesson to reinforce, especially nowadays. Important thing to remember is we have no control over events or people that come at us in life, but we can choose not to react to it. As someone once said, don't let anyone else rent space in your head. :)