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Pollay's anecdote has been published widely and shared in many pulpit around the globe.
My Mumbai pastor began to share the story, which Pollay first wrote some time ago:
"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, the car skidded, the tires squealed and at the last moment the car stopped just one inch from the other car's back-end. And what did we see next? The driver of the other car, the guy who almost caused a big accident, whipped his head around and he started swearing at us. How do I know? Ask any New Yorker, some words in New York come with a special face."
THE PUNCHLINE
Pollay continues, "And then here's what blew me away. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was friendly. So, I said, 'Why did you just do that!? This guy could have killed us!' And this is when my taxi driver told me what I now call, 'The Law of the Garbage Truck™'
The taxi driver stated, "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.
The punchline is: "So when someone wants to dump on you, don't take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well and move on. Believe me. You'll be happier."
Pollay notes how he began to ponder on this: "So 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 or on the street? It was then that I said, "I don't want the garbage and I'm not going to spread it anymore."
Pollay concludes, "I began to see Garbage Trucks. Like in the movie 'The Sixth Sense,' where the little boy said, 'I see Dead People." Well now 'I see Garbage Trucks.' I see the load they're carrying. I see them coming to drop it off. And like my taxi driver, I don't take it personally; I just smile, wave, wish them well and move on.'"
"The bottom line", according to Pollay, "is that successful people do not let Garbage Trucks take over their day. What about you? What would happen in your life, starting today, if you let more Garbage Trucks pass you by?"
MUMBAI PRADEEP MOVES ON
As though desiring to model his interpretation of the Way of Christ on the Cross, my friend Pradeep left our church on Friday, November 28, 2008 by going to an Indian music concert, where he served as a participant.
Pradeep plays the Indian drums, the tabela, very well.
Hours later, Pradeep took the stage with two other great Indian drummers and played away on Friday evening-even as the last gunmen from the Siege in Mumbai were fighting it out with Indian security forces.
By the way, the festival in Kuwait 's township of Daiya on Friday night was called the 6th Annual day of Kalabhavan. In the audience that night were Indian Muslims, Indian Hindus, and Indian Christians celebrating with their children music and culture.
Kalabhavan means "House of Culture" in Hindi.
