Motivation for the Day !!

IMI
By IMI

The Law of The Garbage Truck
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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.

By mjamille28• 12 Nov 2008 15:06
mjamille28

my motivation for today... simple: it's Thursday tomorrow....!!!

By baldrick2dogs• 12 Nov 2008 14:50
baldrick2dogs

"The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day"

So being a taxi driver is the writer's measure of success is it?

Did you Google it first?

By chinitasai08• 12 Nov 2008 14:34
chinitasai08

:) wow, i admired that cabbie drver... he's so nice.

By mallrat• 11 Nov 2008 12:42
mallrat

.The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day.

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.nice thoughts....

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By GodFather.• 11 Nov 2008 12:37
GodFather.

No way a decent guy can tolerate the attitude of the Garbage Truck syndrome.. A normal person will show some anger if he has been hard doen.. But guess the real reason is why th Cabbie smiled is coz it is not his car and he has to be careful..

In the UK it called Road Rage and ppl have been murdered over this kind of Garbage Truck attitude.. SO plz stay well away from my car...lol

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HE WHO DARES WINS

By Rizks• 11 Nov 2008 12:35
Rizks

FS..............

I guess i too asked the same question UP ...lol

By Formatted Soul• 11 Nov 2008 12:34
Formatted Soul

This was Posted before.

By who.am.i• 11 Nov 2008 12:31
who.am.i

the taxi driver is just too gay! :D

cheers,

paul

By herne• 11 Nov 2008 12:30
herne

Wow, nice story! I just imagined what the taxi driver will say to him (something what I would say if I were him full of **&?%$^**^%) and I was suprised he took it like this. But he was absolutely right. Maybe we shouldn't take others "garbage bag". I will try it next time.

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By Rizks• 11 Nov 2008 12:25
Rizks

Saggi ........

huh, just bring ur rusted car in front of me i will surely give it a big Blow .....:)

By Rizks• 11 Nov 2008 12:23
Rizks

Hasn't this one posted b4 ??

By svelte_saggi• 11 Nov 2008 12:23
svelte_saggi

but i'm not going to behave like that cabbie ever....uh-huh....no way!

By svelte_saggi• 11 Nov 2008 12:21
svelte_saggi

wow!that was awesome!thanks for the good read.i'm so glad there are some real sensible posts too....

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