It is always amazing to me when I see or hear people commenting on things that they don’t really know anything about or is absolutely none of their business. You would think in a world where there is so much that needs to be fixed, so much that we are all dealing with and so much happening in our own lives that people wouldn’t really have time to get in other people’s business. But you would be wrong.
Any time I start a sentence with “I was reading the comments” Tim can only roll his eyes and ask me why. I learned after an incident that I have shared here before to only look at the comments when the initial article or post pertains to something I am directly involved with and I want to gauge the public’s opinion.
When those opinions were about my son several years ago, I was infuriated. If you think reading something about yourself and your business gets you riled up, read snide remarks about your child!
At the time, my son, who was promoted into the public eye at work, laughed it off and told me I needed to learn to do the same. Although I don’t know that I will ever just “laugh it off” I have learned to follow Tim’s advice to just not read the comments.
A friend of ours does read the comments and whenever we get together she will ask “did you read the comments?” when we talk about a news item or post. We all always laugh saying “NO! Don’t ever read the comments!” But she still does and in certain circumstances so do I .
Today I woke up to someone close to me angered by the comments he had just read. It was about his business, it was not the business of a single person who was commenting which brings me back to my rant from above.
Sometimes, and I know it is difficult for some of you, you can just go on about your day and leave the stuff that does not involve you alone. You can maybe read something and even if you are jealous or miffed, just keep your opinions to yourself.
Maybe, just maybe, if you took a second to think about it, you would realize you have your own life to worry about. Maybe you would realize that what you are so concerned about for someone else is truly not your concern. Maybe you don’t have all of the facts (or in this case any of the facts) and you should just get back to what you need to deal with and leave others to handle their own issues. Maybe, if you didn’t have a computer to hide behind you wouldn’t be saying what you are saying.
In our Lenten Bible study reading for today, there is a passage that was so appropriate that I have to share it here. Maybe you will read it and think about it next time you feel the need to comment.
Luke 6:41 “Why would you look at a speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 42 How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye’ when you yourself fail to see the plank in your own eye?”
I don’t think I can say anything better than the words of Jesus.
