Garbage truck

[Poortraveller]

got it off from an email

 

 

Remember, don't let their 'Garbage' fall on us 'cos we are not the

 

'Dustbin'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subject: Fw: The Law of the Garbage Truck

 

 

 

Beware of Garbage Trucks

 

by David J. Pollay

 

 

 

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?

 

Unless you're the Terminator, for an instant you're probably set back

on

your heels.

 

However, the mark of a successful person is how quickly he/she can get

 

back her focus on what's important.

 

 

 

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.

 

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 streets?

 

It was that day I said, 'I'm not going to do it anymore.'

 

I began to see garbage trucks.

 

I see the load they're carrying. I see them coming to drop it off.

 

And like my Taxi Driver, I don't make it a personal thing; I just

smile,

wave, wish them well, and I move on.

 

 

 

One of my favorite football players of all time, Walter Payton, did

this

every day on the football field.

 

He would jump up as quickly as he hit the ground after being tackled.

 

He never dwelled on a hit. Payton was ready to make the next play his

 

best.

 

 

 

 

 

Good leaders know they have to be ready for their next meeting.

 

Good parents know that they have to welcome their children home from

 

school with hugs and kisses.

 

Teachers and parents know that they have to be fully present, and at

their

best for the people they care about.

 

 

 

The bottom line is that successful people do not let Garbage Trucks

take

over their day.

 

What about you?

 

What would happen in your life, starting today, if you let more

garbage

trucks pass you by?

 

 

 

You'll be happier Here's my bet.

 

 

 

 

 

So.. Love the people who treat you right.

 

Forget about the ones who don't.

 

Believe that everything happens for a reason.

 

If you get a chance , TAKE IT!

 

If it changes your life , LET IT!

 

Nobody said it would be easy...

 

They just promised it would be worth it!

[Gabriel]

so..um this ends up in the complaints folder

are u alrite...or something wrong with u ....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

bro ...if u got pissed off..'the law of the garbage truck' obviously has not been adapted by u...

but if u thought..well..wad the heck...i am not affected..

then um..congrats to u bro...u haf adapted it

 

anyway..this is an interesting find..and def should be remembered by us...

thnks for sharing with us ..

[Dexlee]

Thanks for sharing!

 

Similar to Stephen Covey's 90/10 theory!