"Pompiterre mo ma genal patat" jarul hullo.

David J. Pollay wrote a story portrayed in a short film on YouTube that some of you perhaps saw. It speaks to positive and healthier ways to react when negativity comes your way, featuring some driver who almost bumped into another car, presumably an Uber, yet went berserk as if he did nothing, or that the man just killed his cat.

I share because I found the film inspiring, and the Uber driver’s graciousness about as cool as the resulting conversation he had with his passenger. I will attempt to transcribe as follows:

The passenger asked him: “how are you so calm and so friendly; this guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital?” He replied: “well, I’ll tell you something, man... people are like garbage trucks.” The passenger couldn’t get it, so he asked: “really, now... how, how’s that?”

Then he went on: “well, they run around with garbage – and they’re full of disappointment, full of frustration, full of anger, and when the garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it. And sometimes, they’ll dump it on you... but you know what, you don’t take it personal. You just wave, smile; you wish them well, and you move on. Don’t let their garbage spread to the people at work, at home, or in the streets. You love those who treat you right and you pray for those who don’t... life is ten percent of what you make it; the other ninety, is how you take it.”

Amazing, right? Well, I’m not as cool as this Uber guy. In fact, I don’t know if his reaction is as easier done as the clip suggests, but here’s what I know: life is too short, and the amount of fucks you’re gifted to give are as limited as humankind’s finite resources are insufficient to satisfy all human wants. Therefore, due to the scarcity of resources, or in my analogy, of the fucks available to you, a problem of choice and of efficient allocation arises.

Perhaps the moral of the video isn’t too fitting a reference to I want to say, but what I want to say is that I don’t think it’s even good for anyone’s health to belabour motives as to why people don’t like what you do. I think it’s best to keep building up a reputation that no one can overlook even if unacknowledged. Remember, the fox didn’t argue the grape's nature as being a grape; he only said grapes are sour, and that’s his problem.

But this suggestion is if you don’t want to end up with imaginary discoveries, or the conclusion that people just don’t like you because it's you - and that’s the part I’d act Dr. Phil and ask: did you care to find out why? Can you do something about it? Then why worry? What if you aren’t all that? What have you done to resonate with their interests or feelings? If you tick all the boxes to spark appreciation of the fact that you’re onto something, and still in some bad books, don’t sweat it; pompiterre mo ma genal patat jarul hullo.