Recently, I hopped into 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 managed to swerve away, clearing 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 at the guy. And, I mean, he was really friendly. So I asked, “Why did you 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 disappointments. 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 carry their garbage with you and spread it to other people – at work, at home, or on the streets.
In June 2012, the United States Post Office released a new Pixar Stamp collection called “Mail a Smile”. These stamps feature characters from five favourite Pixar films: A Bug’s Life (1998), Toy Story 2 (1999), Monsters, Inc. (2001), Finding Nemo (2003) and The Incredibles (2004). Image courtesy https://pixarpost.com/