Hey, why don’t you mind your own business? And for that matter, why don’t I mind mine? I think you and I both know the answer. Right?
How can you mind your own business in this age of the internet?
Yeah, if you’re gonna be “sociable,” don’t be surprised if you find yourself sort of minding somebody else’s business. Especially since they’ve got it up there in your face 24 hours a day. These days people will post just about anything. From the outlandish to the gross to the misinformed to the conspiratorial to the, well, you get the point.
But if you’re a Christian (and if you’re not, don’t put it off even one more day), you might just have that nagging thought in your head how God inspired Paul to tell you to mind your own business.
And if you’re not minding it, I hope Paul’s words are nagging your thoughts.
Anyway…
There’s are huge advantages to staying out of other people’s business. I’m not gonna list them for you. But I will focus on one. And that’s focus. And I mean focus on what keeps you moving in the right direction.
I think this kind of focus should even be taught to little kids. Because the earlier it gets in their brains, the better they’ll be at minding their own business. And that could lead to a lot more success for them.
So a few years ago, I wrote a poem for kids to show them how even daydreams can be productive. At first glance, you might not think the poem does that. If not, consider it again as you…
Daydream In Blue
Sitting there minding your own business
And a cloud whispers in your ear,
“Hey, why are you readin’ that ol’ schoolbook?
There’s a daydream waitin’ up here.”
Well, you look up from your ol’ schoolbook
And the cloud smiles and says to you,
“Get up out of that boring ol’ brown chair.
Float up here and daydream in blue.”
“I can’t float,” you say to the grey cloud,
I’m a kid…not a cloud like you.
And as much as I’d love to go flying…
It’s not something a real kid can do.”
The cloud laughs and spits out some raindrops
Two big ones plop down in your eyes.
Then all of a sudden you float up…
And soar through the beautiful skies.
You can’t believe how blue the blue is
Through the sky, on earth, and the sea.
It looks like a giant, blue marble…
The shooter of this galaxy.
From behind you can hear the cloud laugh.
“Look at you,” he says, passing by.
“What’s so funny?” you ask with a grin.
“Well, look…you’re up here in the sky.
“You said that you just couldn’t do it.
You said that no real kids could fly.
And yet here you are floating through it…
The beautiful cornflower sky.”
You have to admit that the cloud’s right.
It’s not someone else, this is you
Who’s floating through all of the heavens.
It must be that daydream in blue.
And then you begin to remember
There’s still so much work you must do.
Don’t worry, don’t fret, you can come back…
Come back to your daydream in blue. © 2013 TF
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