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4 July 2008

The Law of the Garbage Truck by David J. Pollay

Posted by Ed Conti under: Apple; Horse; Peace; Pixar; Survivor; True Story; Uncategorized .

(visit David J. Pollay, the author of The Law of the Garbage Truck™ at his website: http://www.bewareofgarbagetrucks.com/)
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 breaks, 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? That guy almost caused an accident and could have 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, full of disappointment and rage. 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 pick up their garbage and spread it to other people in your life, whether at work, at home, or to people that you don’t even know on the streets.

Always remember that good people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life’s too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so…..”Love, forgive, and pray for everyone!”

When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

One Comment so far...

Chris Says:

8 July 2008 at 12:31 pm.

Thanks for posting this great story! My name is Chris, and I work with David J. Pollay, the author of The Law of the Garbage Truck™ - Beware of Garbage Trucks™! I just wanted to stop by and let you know that you can read the original story on David’s blog davidjpollay.typepad.com. I know he’d love to have you stop by!

Also check out the video of people in New York City taking the No Garbage Trucks!™ Pledge: bewareofgarbagetrucks.com. It’s pretty cool.

Thanks again!

Chris

chris@bewareofgarbagetrucks.com

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