The Garbage Truck - Story

Law of the Garbage Truck

One day I hopped in 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 brakes, 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. And I mean, he was really friendly.
So I asked, 'Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined
your car and sent us to the hospital!'
This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now 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.
Lifeis ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it!
Have a blessed,garbage-free day!

Two really informative books

I heard two interviews from these authors on satalite radio and web cast and I think they need special mentioning, I also really hope it is a new way the legal profession is looking at the issues of divorce and hopefully will follow up with some new laws and guidlines because things are way outta hand as they are in both Canada and the US.

This first book is from a sitting Judge in the US her name is Judge Michele Lowrance and it is called "The Good Karma Divorce". I have not had the oppertunity to read it through yet but I will, and maybe report on it, but it discusses what would seem to be a common sense way of dealing with divorce if all else fails, it is a positive unaggressive way to negotiate seperation on good terms leaving an amicable relationship in tact instead of adversarial. From what I have read and understood so far I think this book should be the first guideline or step in any divorce
http://thegoodkarmadivorce.com/

The second is a book by Wendy Jaffe, Esq. and while I have only seen an interview of her and her book "Divorce Lawyers' Guide to Staying Married" what I saw was impressive and I hope will become something for the legal system to serioulsy read and consider and get away from making the process so adversarial and diffucult when the situatio is difficult enough.
http://www.divorcelawyersguide.com/

There seems to be some big names giving good reviews of these books and authors and I hope to obtain a copy of both of these books so I can thoroughly read and share with friends in similar situations and get their opinions and share them as well. The divorce system in Canada and the US is broken and needs to be changed now, and like I mentioned before I hope these two are pioneers in what is a new phase of Family Law

I am still here...

For now at least, my ex is only getting worse with the help of the courts. I am trying to write my story with out too much self pity, to explain where I am coming from. i do not want too many personal details yet as I do not wish my kids to be invloved any more than they already are. I will post sections as I go along, but I may not have a home soon. But one day at a time.. Thank you for your pateince. Again I appreciate all constructive responses and help