Friday, July 4, 2008
♥ The Law of the Garbage Truck
The Law of the Garbage Truck
How often do you let other people's nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, rude waiter, curt boss, or an insensitive colleague ruin your day? Unless you're a robot, you are bound to blow your topoff. However, the mark of a sucessful person is how quickly he or she can get back his or her focus on what's important.
"I learned this lesson. I learn it in the back of a New York City cab.
Here's what happen:
I hopped in a taxi, and we took off for Grand Central Station. We were driving in the right lane when, all of a sudden, 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's back end by just inches!The driver of the other car, the guy who almost caused a big accident,whipped his head around and he started yelling bad words at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean he was really friendly. So, I said, "Why did you do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!"And this is when my taxi driver told me what I now called, 'The Law of the Garbage Truck'." - taken from an email.
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. If they happen to dump it on you, don't take it personally.You just smile, wave, wish them well, and moved on. You'll be happier if you did that rather than fight them.
So this was it: 'The Law of the Garbage Truck'.
I started thinking, how often do I let garbage trucks run right over me? And how often do I take their garbage and spread it to other people: at work, at home, on the street? I see garbage trucks almost everywhere and everyday. I see the load they're carrying. I see them coming to drop it off. And like the taxi driver, I try not to make it a personal thing; I just smile, wave, wish them well, and I move on.
However this is hardly possible in real life. Even for myself, i curse at ppple who pisses me off, i get angry over certain stuff and vent my anger elsewhere, i get so grumpy often and spread my grumpiness to pple around me.
But this time round.. i'll try spreading my love and happiness instead.=)
What about you? What would happen in your life, starting today, if you let more garbage trucks pass you by? Will you be happier? i guess it has different effects on each individual. So ... learn to love the people who treat you right. Forget about the ones who don't. Believe that every thing happens for a reason. If you get a chance, TAKE IT! If it changes your life, LET IT GO! Nobody said it would be easy .... but this is life..you can only make it WORTH IT!