THE LAW OF THE GARBAGE TRUCK
垃圾车法则
Sixteen years ago I learned an important life lesson in the back of a New York City taxi cab.
I hopped in a taxi, and took off for Grand Central Station. We were driving in the right lanewhen, 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 by mere inches!
The driver of the other car, the guy who almost caused a big accident, whipped his head aroundand started yelling bad words at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean,he was actually friendly!
So I asked him, Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and could havesent us to the hospital! And this is when my taxi driver told me about what I now call, The Lawof Garbage Trucks.
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, theyll dump it on you. When someone wants to dump on you, dont take itpersonally. Instead, just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on.
十六年前，我在纽约市的一辆出租车后座上，学到了生活的要紧一课。
我跳上出租车，出发前往纽约中央车站。大家行驶在右边车道，这个时候，一辆黑色的小汽车忽然从大家前方的停车位里开了出来。
出租车司机猛踩刹车，车一打滑，差几英寸就要撞上其他人的车了。那个险些酿成大事故的家伙把头一甩，开始冲大家说脏话。出租车司机只不过笑笑，朝那家伙摆了摆手。我想说，他可真友善！
我问他：你刚刚为何那样做？那家伙差点儿毁了你的车，咱两个险些进了医院！这个时候，出租车司机给我讲了下面这番话，我目前把它叫作垃圾车法则。
很多人就跟垃圾车没什么两样，他们走到什么地方都装满垃圾、挫折、愤怒和失望。他们的垃圾越堆越多，需要有地方倾倒。你如果允许，他们就会倒在你身上。假如有人往你身上倒垃圾，别往心里去。不如笑一笑，挥挥手，祝他们好运，然后继续上路。