Law of the Garbage truck.

[miloice]

hi, interesting email to share....

Law of the Garbage Truck
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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 is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it!

Have a blessed, garbage-free day!

Have a very nice day!!!

 

[cuclainne]

what a wise uncle! =)

 

[bubblepuffs]

Nice one!

 

[daemonkoh]

It's gd to think this way but opp. party may think you are just a coward for keeping quiet, etc and may even go on even harsher to u. And may even hit ur limit esp. if they start cursing parents. How to deal this way?

When i was younger, due to small in built, often got bullied by older kids and i always keep quiet or avoid them but they got bolder and bolder til one fine day, i yelled back like a crazy man and from then on, they stopped bullying me. Some ppl just 'qi shan ba er'.

 

[miloice]

I too was badly bullied in school. By reacting badly, it caused more ridicules. And they did so in groups. I had accumulated more than 20 over different really bad nicknames.

And after all these while, I realized its really my reactions that encouraged my peers. There is no need to react badly. The more affected we are, the more reactions we will generate.

 

[worrywart]

Thanks for sharing Milo.

It's true to ignore people are who just plain crap.

 

[daemonkoh]

I have a few nicknames too. Like shortie, sickening pork, etc. I accepted all as a kind of childhood phrase but i never once give others bad nicknames. My temper is bad but i agree to ignore those nonsense people to prevent acting like them.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[miloice]

to name a few names they called me....
Elephant Man, Toad, fat shake.... all kinds to weirdest and cruel names stuck with me throughout sch.

I haven't came across anyone else being more ridiculed than myself. But, many of these peers are my good friends today. Of those that aren't capable of being friendly, I didn't bother. When I met them outside, most were surprised and kind of empbarrassed with their childish ways in the past.

As a teen, my self esteem was badly affected. Then, I took the decision change myself. I didn't want to be the fat boy of the family and was sick & tired of relatives telling me how fit their children are and asking my parents to make me do sports blah blah blah. And I realized appearances is only skin deep. I can always change and improve the way I look as long as I want to. It doesn't matter how others see me anymore.

 

[dawnlynn]

Thanks for posting this great story! My name is Dawn, and I work with David J. Pollay, the author of The Law of the Garbage Truck™. I just wanted to stop by and let you know that you can read the original story on David’s blog, http://davidjpollay.typepad.com/david_j_pollay/lawofthegarbagetruck.html. It would mean a lot to us if you would let people know that David is the author of The Law of the Garbage Truck.

You can also find out more information about The Law of the Garbage Truck on www.thelawofthegarbagetruck.com. Make sure to check out the video of people in New York City taking the No Garbage Trucks!™ Pledge: www.bewareofgarbagetrucks.com. It’s pretty cool.

Thanks again!

Dawn

[email protected]

 

[lovingyou]

A meaningful article...