The Law Of The Garbage Truck

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 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 by mere inch- es！ The driver of the other car， the guy who almost caused a big accident， whipped his head around and 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've sent us to the hospital！ "And this is when my taxi driver told me about what I now call， "The Law of Garbage Trucks".

"Many people are like Garbage Trucks. They run around full of garbage， full of frustra- tion， full of anger， and full of disappointment.

16年前我學(xué)到了人生中的重要一課，那是在紐約市的出租車后座上。（剩余1554字）