The Law of The Garbage Truck

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, you’re probably set back on your heels. However, the mark of your success is how quickly you can refocus on what’s important in your life.  

Based on the author experienced,  he had learnt about this thing  back to sixteen years ago at the New York City in a taxi cab. When he hopped  in a taxi, the driver took him off for Grand Central Station. They were driving in the right lane when all of a sudden, a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of them. The taxi driver slammed on his brakes, the car skidded, the tires squealed, and at the very last moment their car stopped just one inch from the other car's back-end.

He could not believe it. But then he could not believe what happened next. The driver of the other car, the guy who almost caused a big accident, whipped his head around and he started yelling bad words and cursed at them.

How does he know? Ask any New Yorker, some words in New York come with a special face. And he even threw in a finger salute! He could not believe it! But then here is what really blew him away. The taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And the author tried to advocate here was, the taxi driver was really friendly and had the good manner in to deal with this problem as well. So, the author said, " Why did you just do that!? That guy could have killed us.!" And this is when the taxi driver told him what he now calls, " The Law of The Garbage Truck". He said 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 look for a place to dump it. And if you let them, they’ll dump it on you.

So when someone wants to dump on you, don’t take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Believe me. You’ll be happier.”

So he started thinking, how often does he let Garbage Trucks run right over him? And how often do he take  his garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the street? It was then that he  said, “he does not want his garbage and he not going to spread it anymore.”

He began to see Garbage Trucks. Like in the movie “The Sixth Sense,” the little boy said, “I see Dead People.” Well now “He sees the Garbage Trucks.” he sees the load they’re carrying. He sees them coming to dump it. And like the taxi driver, he don’t take it personally; in turn, he  just smile, wave, wish them well, and he  move on.

Frankly speaking, everyone in this world will have facing this kind of scenario and I am not the exceptional one.  During last two semesters, I had the problem with my friend. She does not like me because she cannot cope  with the way how I  do the revisions and study. She does not like me when I am doing my assignment and she just wants me to have fun and wasting my time every day. What kind of friend, she is? She always talked the bad thing about me to other classmates. So what should I do? I felt really depress. But, praise to Allah S.W.T, I got the full support from  my parents and families members in order to combat and deal with this kind of garbage.

So, personally, I think, these groups of people are always trying to find your're false even though you are kind enough with them. Maybe there is something wrong with their heart. Who knows? According to William Wycherley stated that, the hunger, revenge, to sleep are sleepy foes, but only death the jealous eyes can close.

So the odds are against you when a Garbage Truck comes your way. But when you follow The Law of the Garbage Truck™, you take back control of your life.You make room for the good by letting go of the bad.The best leaders know that they have to be ready for their next meeting. The best sales people know that they have to be ready for their next client. And the best parents know that they have to be ready to greet their children with hugs and kisses, no matter how many garbage trucks they might have faced that day. 

All of us know that we have to be fully present, and at our best for the people we care about. The bottom line is that successful people do not let Garbage Trucks take over their lives. What about you? What would happen in your life, starting today, if you let more garbage trucks pass you by? Here’s my bet: You’ll be happier.

Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so love the people who treat you right and just forget and erase about the one who is vice versa. Believe that everything that happens in our life for a reasons, If you get a chance, just take and grab it, If it changes your life, just let it. Nobody said it would be easy and they just promised it would be worth it.

All in all, people out there just implement this kind tips maybe it will acts as a catalyst to help you in order to battle with this group of people. Therefore, the keys of happiness in our life is just be nice,act politely with the people who are misbehaved or impolite with you and just smile since it will kill them silently. The power of smile and it is the best medicine in deeply. So, bear in mind never let the garbage truck run over you.

Reference


1. Pollay.J.D (2004). The Law of the Garbage Truck. [ Online Article ]
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