Thought for today: life would be way less stressful if more of us just learned how to stay in our own lane.
That’s not just me saying it. Heck it’s not even original to me. Even the Bible, you know the dusty book on grandma’s coffee table? Even the Bible lays it out in 1 Thessalonians 4:11: “Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, mind your own affairs, and work with your hands.”
Translation? Stop obsessing over what everybody else is doing. Stop replaying your old mistakes like it’s some greatest hits album. Stop living in other people’s drama like it’s your favorite Netflix series. I mean seriously people!
Why is this so hard?
I think for some people drama feels exciting. Complaining has become a new version of therapy. Gossip gives the illusion that we’re powerful or something. But there’s a problem with all of these lines of thinking. Not one of these ways of living moves your life forward at all. You will stay stuck either in your own past life of regrets or in someone else’s life that wouldn’t fit you well anyway!
Think about it:
- If you spent half the time working on your goals that you do ranting online, your life would look a whole lot different.
- If you put the energy you waste trash-talking others into building something productive, you’d actually have something to show for it. Something more than high blood pressure and fewer friends.
- If you dropped the baggage from your past instead of dragging it around like a dead body, you’d actually have room for something better in your life.
Here’s the point:
Minding your own business isn’t boring. It’s actually freeing. It means you’re not chained to someone else’s drama or your own regrets. You can finally focus on building a life that matters.
So maybe the smartest move you can make today is this:
Close the gossip tab. Quit rehashing the past. Get to work on the stuff that actually makes your life better.
The world doesn’t need more complainers. It needs more people who are actually living.
Source: www.derrickhurst.org