Morning Coffee Quote of the Week

A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.

-Patricia Neal-

LAW OF THE GARBAGE TRUCK

One day I hopped into 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 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 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. Ignore the ones who don’t. Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it!

Have a Garbage-Free Day!!!

Trivia

There is a real place called Hicksville.

Anne Frank addressed all her diary entries to Kitty.

The use of the word "rat" as an insult goes back to the 16th century.

Singer Prince was born with epilepsy.

About 15% of the world's wine bottles have screw caps.

Monkeys floss.

Experts say people have an average of 150 friends.

"A Raisin in the Sun" was the first play by a black woman to be produced on Broadway. That was in 1959.

More than 97% of all e-mail traffic is spam.

The last major Hollywood movie to be released on VHS was "A History of Violence" in 2006.

Cows given names produce more milk.

The skin that peels off after a sun burn is called "blype."

The record label, Motown, was originally called Tamla.

King Tut was buried with 145 loincloths.

Crayola crayons come in 120 different colors, but the labels are only made in 18.

In Great Britain, 53% of all homes have a Scrabble set.

People buy more blue toothbrushes than red.

The risk of being struck by a falling meteorite for a human is one occurrence every 9,300 years.

Your eyes contribute 85% of your total knowledge.