Keeping a Positive Attitude in Trying Situations
One day I hopped in a taxi for a ride to 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 just missed the other car by 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 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 - frustration, anger, and disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they dump it on you.
But the taxi driver said not to take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well and move on. Do not 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 is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so.., love the people who treat you right and pray for the ones who don't.
Because life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it. Have a blessed, garbage-free day!
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