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Shashank
Author:Shashank
Manager-Sales & Marketing at SiliconIndia
Garbage Truck
Thursday 12th, June 2008

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? 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
 
Comments
Comment 1: By Mariane Indumathi on 17th Jun 2008
Well said and wish more people would understand this, then the world would be a better place.

Comment 2: By Manali Chabia on 12th Jun 2008
There are very few people who are really wise enough to avoid such garbage truck to enter their life and make it hell.Few people accidentally take it and try to confine it to themselves,really good people.Such people are difficult to be found. But their are few who are ready to take up the garbage and pass it on to others making their and other life hell. The world is filled with such people only.

Comment 3: By Visakh Viswambharan on 12th Jun 2008
great thought macha...

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