Beware of Garbage Trucks

Today is September 17th

and I wonder where has the summer gone.

Here in the Deep South,

the weather is still very

HOT and VERY HUMID.

It will be that way for several more months.

For some states, this is considered the last days of summer but here, we have been known to wear shorts until early November.

I have been shopping at Christmas time here,

and the stores will already have out bathing suits out for sale.

I have often wondered why they want to rush the seasons with sales.

In the stores now, the Christmas decorations are already out.

Believe it or not, people are already buying.

Times keeps marching on....

(Change of Season's)

Pastor's Business Card
A new pastor was visiting in the homes of his parishioners. At one house it seemed obvious that someone was at home, but no answer came to his repeated knocks at the door. Therefore, he took out a business card and wrote.

"Revelation 3:20" on the back of it and stuck it in the door.

When the offering was processed the following Sunday,

he found that his card had been returned.

Added to it was this cryptic message,

"Genesis 3:10."

Reaching for his Bible to check out the citation, he broke up in gales of laughter. Revelation 3:20 begins "Behold, I stand at the door and knock."

Genesis 3:10 reads, "I heard your voice in the garden and I was afraid for I was naked."

Remember when the funniest jokes were the clean ones?

They still are!

"A cheerful heart is good medicine" (Prov. 17:22)

Now, pass it on!"

(True Story)...

I know a deer hunter that has been going hunting for 7 years now

and never seen the first deer.

Maybe he is having the same problems this guy is having.

OK, check this out!!!
Okay,

confess now,

how long did you sit here and watch this cow take a bath?

Shame on you for watching!!

Beware of Garbage Trucks

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 can get back her focus on what's important.

Sixteen years ago I learned this lesson.

I learned it in the back of a New York City taxi cab.

Here's what happened.

I hopped in a taxi, and we took off for Grand Central Station.

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.

One of my favorite football players of all time,

Walter Payton, did this every day on the football field.

He would jump up as quickly as he hit the ground after being tackled.

He never dwelled on a hit.
Payton was ready to make the next play his best.

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?

Here's my bet.

You'll be happier.

Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets,

so..

Love the people who treat you right.

Forget about 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.

~~unknown author~~

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