Garbage Truck Law

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. I mean, he was really
friendly.
So I asked, 'Hey, 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: 'Law of the
Garbage Truck'.

He said: "You know, 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, so sometimes
they'll dump it on you.."

His advice? "Don't take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them
well, and move on. Don't pick up the garbage others are trying to get
rid of. If you do, you'll take it with you and will end up dumping it
on people around you, at work, at home, or on the streets."
If you want to be happy, do not let garbage trucks – your own or other
people's – overtake your day. Let go anything that's not positive.
Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take
it!

Love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones who don't.