The Law of the Garbage Truck

The above photo was taken inside the Silk Bazar, near the Green Masjid, Bursa, Turkey. It is a famous Turkish product available everywhere in Turkey, especially around the tourist spots. Anyway, that was not the content of this release. Today, I received an email from my colleague, KK, on something that you could find from Andrew Mathews’ books/collections or any other self-improvement books, for example 10/90 principle by Steven Covey. However, I found out that his story – the Law of the Garbage was very interesting, hence the obligatory sense of sharing:
“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.
Smile and bless 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!"