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Garbage handling
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
> employee ruin your day? However, the mark of a successful person is
> how
> quickly one can get back their focus on what's important. David J.
> Pollay explains his story in this way.
>
> Sixteen years ago I learned this lesson. I learned it in the back of a
> New York City taxi cab. Here's what happened. 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 breaks, 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 friendly.
>
> So, I said, "Why did you just 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 call, "The Law of
> the Garbage Truck."
>
> "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 if you
> let them, they'll dump it on you.
> When someone wants to dump on you, don't take it personally. You just
> smile, wave, wish them well,
> and move on. You'll be happy you did."
>
> 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 streets? It was that day I said, "I'm not going to do it
> anymore."
>
> Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets.
>
> Love the people
> who treat you right.
>
> Forget about the ones who don't.
>
> *Believe that
> everything happens for a reason*.
>
>
> Never let the garbage truck run over
> you..
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