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? However, the mark of a successful person is how quickly one
can get back their focus on what's important.

David J. Pollay explains his story in this way..

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 brakes, 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 it, 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."
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."
Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. Love the people who
treat you right. Forget about the ones who don't.

Never let the garbage truck run over you....