Considering how people are frustrated and feeling a need to express themselves, if for no other reason than the therapeutic value that comes with that, maybe it would be a good idea to stop telling them how to feel about things and what to do about them.
Maybe, just maybe, it's not always up to us to determine whether or not someone else is justified in feeling the way they do.
Maybe, just maybe, it would actually be a really good idea if we spent some time trying not to jam every single opinion we have down everybody else's throat. Whether or not it's for their own good.
Actually, especially if you think it's for their own good.
Actually, especially if you think it's for their own good.
Maybe, just maybe, we should consider the possibility that we might not always know what's best for everybody.
"But they're wrong...".
So what?
At least one of these three things is true:
And this thing is absolutely 100% true: Either way, it's none of your goddamn business.
"But they're annoying me!"
Well, maybe, just maybe*, it's not about you.
(* = No, it definitely isn't about you, even a little bit. Honestly, your approval or disapproval of virtually everything that other people do or don't do is so insignificant that it's almost impossible to measure, and you need to know that about yourself)
"But they're wrong...".
So what?
At least one of these three things is true:
- They'll figure it out on their own
- They'll never, ever change their minds.
- YOU'RE the one who is wrong.
And this thing is absolutely 100% true: Either way, it's none of your goddamn business.
"But they're annoying me!"
Well, maybe, just maybe*, it's not about you.
(* = No, it definitely isn't about you, even a little bit. Honestly, your approval or disapproval of virtually everything that other people do or don't do is so insignificant that it's almost impossible to measure, and you need to know that about yourself)
Maybe, just maybe, we should leave people alone and shut the fuck up, for once, for a while, for, if nothing else, a fucking change of pace.
"Get over it already."
"Stop whining."
"Let's move forward."
That's really great advice you've got there.
For you to follow.
Feel 100% free to do any and all of those things.
And do them QUIETLY.
Basically, do what I say and stop telling people what to do.
(I know how that sounds but that's why I put the disclaimer first.)
I don't know. I don't pretend to have all the answers. Just something to consider, I guess.
Shut the fuck up.
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