Someone needs to hear this.

Someone needs to hear this.

Doesn’t matter where you are , who you are. You need to hear this.

You need to hear how important it is to mind your own business. You need to find the beauty in attending to the things that directly effect you and only you. You need to unlearn your privilege. You need to unlearn your ability to control others.

It’s not that you don’t care. I think that’s where most people get things misconscrewed. You need to know that it’s ok to let people be who they are, who they desire to be, who they think they can become. It’s not on any of us to determine what steps another person will take because our footprints don’t match their path.

In a world of powerful men, powerful money and powerful politics, there is no place to simply fall in line. Someone has to go against the grain. These people have made their money and their names by pushing the idea that you have a say. In ways that is true, but they failed to draw the line at when your day becomes obsolete.

They failed to tell you that your opinion is just that and if that opinion is to move forward, it has to be directed towards your own growth or lack thereof. If the goal is for them to sell you a dream, they have exceeded that goal tremendously.

If we take into account the state of current society, both internationally and domestically, we will find that the origin of a bulk of these issues is the failure of one group or another to mind their own business. We will find that one group of the other feels as though their way of doing this is the only way and that if you do not fall into line, you’re dead. You’re cast out, you’re branded, you’re “cancelled.”

I don’t speak these words in vain. I’m not saying these things just to say them. I seriously think we all need a mental overhaul. We need self evaluation more than ever. Is anyone thinking anymore? Does anyone consider their actions anymore? Does anyone care?

Just recently I had someone tell me that I should consider losing weight to keep my husband interested. Um, excuse me? Did you literally give me advice about my weight? I have 3 kids, they’re all under 13. I would rather listen to you pan your rude comments and judgement off on them. That may sound crazy or a little funny depending on how you view it, but something that personal should be left to my observation and my own judgement. How dare you tell me to lose weight to keep my man, when your marriage is literally falling the hell apart right in front of your eyes? (Stares in black auntie at the cookout)

Im beating a dead horse im sure. Because we all learned this in what? The second grade? We learned not to butt in peoples conversations. We learned to be respectful when others are sorting out their problems, we learned to give people space to figure things out on their own. It’s literally elementary. When did we unlearn these things? When did we put down common sense and pick up hatred, greed, self preservation over everything? How do we get back to that place? Well not back to that place, but how do we achieve that?

Maybe it’s just in my imagination. Maybe it’s fatfetched. But a girl can dream right?

I ended this piece about 100 words ago but to be able to submit it in FYI I had to have 600 words. I’m at 612. Bye.