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's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so ... Love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones who don't.
Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it!
Have a blessed, garbage-free day!
Today, I heard glass breaking sounds and I did not know what happened. When I walked from the gate, I kicked a piece of broken glass and then I remembered what I heard earlier. I looked around and found more smaller pieces which include a large piece (bottom of a glass) standing on the road with sharp edges pointing up. Whoever did this must have hoped someone else would step on it and cut himself or herself. Where is our civic-mindedness? As I was carrying a plastic bag holding two plastic containers, I used some thick papers to cover the broken pieces before putting them in the plastic bag and into the bin.
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