# Garbage truck law > Love the people who treat you right; pray for the ones who do not. People are like garbage trucks. They live their lives accumulating garbage: anger, hate, disappointment, frustration… At one point, it has piled up so much inside them that they cannot bear its weight any longer and need to dump it all. It can happen to anybody, and sometimes it happens to you. In that case, the best you can do is to smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Do not take it personally. Do not pick up the garbage. And, above all, do not spread the garbage to other people, especially your friends and relatives. Love the people who treat you right; pray for the ones who do not. --- ## 📚 References - [‘My Friend Sent Me This in a Text This Morning’](https://www.reddit.com/r/howtonotgiveafuck/comments/15bl5m/my_friend_sent_me_this_in_a_text_this_morning/). R/Howtonotgiveafuck, 23 Dec. 2012.