In honor of Logan’s 7th birthday and his LOVE for garbage trucks, we thought this was fitting for a new blog.  It also sparked an idea to have a scavenger hunt for the best picture of a garbage truck..Logan will pick the winner and your picture will be added to this blog with an acknowledgment.  Since we are not sure if you can directly add a picture with a comment, it might be best to upload your picture to ImageShack and then add the direct link to the picture. We hope that all of the homeschoolers in Winchester Virginia will participate in this fun adventure!

The Garbage Truck Rule

This is an email that came across my desk today and I thought the analogy was so well spelled out that I’d like to pass it on.

One day 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 breaks, skidded, and missed the other car by just 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. I mean he was really friendly. So I asked, “Why did you just do that? That guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!”

This is when my taxi driver taught me what I 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 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.

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. Pray for the ones who don’t.”

Remember – Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it!