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Garbage Truck Monster

Jane Morton

The garbage truck monster Roars up the street, Looking for garbage To pick up and eat.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > March 1988

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Subject: People are like garbage trucks...
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:37:57 -0700

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 she/he can get
back her/his focus on what's important.

Five years ago I learned this lesson. I learned it in the back of a taxi cab
in Indianapolis. Here's what happened:

I hopped in a taxi, and we took off for Indianapolis Airport. 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. Like in the movie "The Sixth Sense," the
little boy said, "I see Dead People." Well, now "I 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.

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. Leaders 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. 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.

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!



Find happiness - Find contentment - Find peace - Find God.

Happy moments, praise God.

Difficult moments, seek God

Quiet moments, worship God.

Painful moments, trust God.

Every moment, thank God.