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 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.
Do not let garbage trucks take over your day.
Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets.
Love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones who don't .
Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it!
Have a garbage-free day!
"Faith is not believing God can, it is knowing that God will ."
What garbage is cluttering your life? I've realized that on some of my worst days, it was not only other people's garbage, but, I was throwing out a lot of garbage myself.
Thankfully, I've gotten in touch with the garbage collector (God) and He comes around and picks it up before I go to bed every night.
When I leave for the day, my garbage truck is empty and I only have joy to give to others. And most people receive it gladly.
Love this (as usual!)! Reminded me of a talk in church a couple of weeks ago about positive/negative speech - part of it said that if you're angry at someone, you should let it out TO God, not AT someone. It's not exactly the same as what you said, but I was reminded of it all the same.
ReplyDeleteI think I'm mostly doing okay in terms of rubbish (sorry, can I call it rubbish? Can't actually bring myself to say the word 'garbage' out loud and even typing it feels weird) - I know that I'm someone that people can and do come to if they need to offload (offload? unload?), but I think because it's all been voluntary on my part too, it doesn't feel like a burden and I don't get frustrated when I hear it. Although yeah, if someone was just really angry and took it out on me, obviously that's different, and I'd find it harder to deal with. And I guess that goes back to the "to God, not at someone" thing.
...Does that make any sense at all? It's 1.10am and just took me 3 attempts to spell "does" correctly.
Of course you can call it rubbish! Yeah, there's a difference between unloading on someone and being negative and cruel. It makes total sense. Sometimes, it's good to vent to someone and get someone else's opinion about the situation, just as long as it's done in the right manner. Thanks for the comment.
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