Had to share (most of this I got from an article my friend gave me, then shared a few things from my own experiences in here too.. :)
One day I hopped on a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving on the right lane and suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on the brakes, skidded, and missed the other car just by inches! The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved to 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 the 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, full of resentment, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up. they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it to you. Don't take it personally.
Some people have the wisdom actually to see that situation as an opportunity to help a friend out, so they take a little bit of that garbage, and dump it out themselves. Through their love they are able to collect that garbage and transform it into love. Such people are Reiki healers, counselors, psychologists, friends, and loved ones. In Buddhism there's a technique where one breathes in another person's suffering and exhales it out into the Universe once its transformed into love. Other people just are able to plainly maintain presence and that open light and love melts the other's suffering into love eventually. This happened to me once. I was in France and was so devastated. I met a young girl who was so sweet and kind and she listened to me vent for like 20 minutes. She didn't say a word, but looked at me with such compassion, understanding, and kindness. Her love melted all of my suffering. I was so grateful. It was such a beautiful moment.
So when a person comes with a garbage full of waste, just smile, wave, and wish them well. We don't have to keep 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 and pray for the ones who don't. Life is 10% what you make it and 90% how you take it.
Blessings!!!
