That Ain’t Yo’ Business

Sisters, Have you ever noticed that we experience a lot of hurt feelings and keep stuff stirred up? Most times, it’s because we are talking about, acting on or tending to issues that are none of our business. Our business is making sure that we are speaking, doing and thinking right towards ourselves and others. But most times we are so busy watching everybody else that we stop paying attention to our words, actions and thoughts.

I recently heard of someone being reprimanded at work for an action that was easily fixable. Instead of the person owning up to their inappropriate actions, they begin to “call out” another employee on what they thought they had observed the other employee doing that was inappropriate. You ask, “What’s the problem with that?” Well, just maybe what the employee thought they saw, wasn’t the reality. In most cases, we really don’t know the whole story or see the total picture. If we could just take that same energy and focus it on making sure that we are doing, saying and thinking what we should, I promise you that we really won’t have time to “see” what others are doing.

Sisters, what the co-worker does…that ain’t yo’ business. What the supervisor does…that ain’t yo’ business. What a friend does…that ain’t yo’ business. What a neighbor does… that ain’t yo’ business. And it certainly is not your business to tell someone else’s business.

Sisters, I’m just saying: mind your own business and leave everyone else’s alone; ‘cause their business…that ain’t yo’ business. Spread the word…Sister U Matter!®