Mind your own business---it's not your problem and it's not your fault. Don't let feelings of guilt ruin your day….

If  you are lucky enough to live with your family and still have friends and associates,  it’s likely that, at some point of time, you will get to learn of a variety of  problems in their lives.

It is very easy to take these problems on board into your own sheltered existence, after all, what do you have to worry about?  Declining mobility?  Health fade?  No sleep?

All small stitches indeed in the broad tapestry of life’s carpet .

So, when I find myself being invited into other people’s lives to share their troubles, I have three rules that I follow:

Mind Your Own Business

It’s not your problem

It’s not your fault.

But, if you are asked for advice, then take your chances and give it.  Do whatever you can do to help, but do not, and I repeat, do not,  take other people’s problems onto your shoulders.  If you, like me, have lived through a lifetime of trials and tribulations of your own, it is time to find peace of mind, and hold onto it. 

Regard other people’s problems as a cannon ball they are trying to pass to you, and step aside.