My Life

As human beings, we often find it necessary to be involved in other people's lives, give opinions, try to "help" them, tell them what is good for them and what is bad. ... This blog is about My Life – Why I feel that it is unnecessary to pry into other people's lives, especially if you have not done such a great job with your own problems.

Human beings have a tendency to get involved in a person's story, they love a good "human nature story." Why do you think that the best books are about problems, deaths, divorce, loss of job, just problems? Look at reality shows, I mean millions of people sit around and watch shows about strangers doing absolutely nothing. I find it absolutely boring and could care less, LOL.

People do not really want to see a movie or read a book about somebody that has a wonderful, "perfect" life ... It is just plain boring. Look at Facebook, for example: you can sit all day long and hear everybody's problems while wearing your bathrobe (unless you have a computer camera). Why is it necessary for us to hear about every little detail of every little thing and every little problem from every little person? Personally, my Facebook page has no news feed so I don't have to see these "petty" little things ... I want to hear about the good things, better yet, the great things.

Now do not get me wrong, there are times when you just need people around you and prayers and well wishes. The girl who was hit by a car and was hurt very badly needed the prayers and well wishes from her friends and strangers alike. The family needed them even more – there is nothing better than moral support.

Yet to me, that is really a problem. I want to see how the young lady is doing and get updates and be able to support the family in their time of crisis. This is not about a lot of nonsense, about silly things that are not really problems – at least not to me. My friends make fun of the people who post on Facebook their every activity, their every whim, their every problem larger or small (mostly small). They should look at the girl who is lying in the hospital bed, who may never walk or talk again and thank the Lord that they have these minuscule obstructions in their life.

I wish people would learn to just stop interfering in other people's lives and just learn to enjoy the good in their own lives. Enjoy your healthy children, the sunny day, your favorite movie or television show, just enjoy your own life and try not to interfere with other people's happiness. Albert Einstein said, "There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." I want to live a life where I think everything is a miracle and try and mind my own business and help my friends only when they really need my help. Yes, I want to drive them to the hospital for appointments and hold their hand if they need chemo and pray for their sick children. The Billy Joel song, "My Life" is one of my favorite songs because in the song he clearly tells his friends, this is my life and if you don't like it I really just do not care what you think – just leave me alone. Please enjoy your own life.... even if you are reading this while logged on to Facebook. (LOL)

Click here: Billy Joel - My Life (with lyrics) - You Tube