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MYOB

You know my Bishop says this often and I wish the world could catch on... M.Y.O.B!

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Hello?! 
I could really just leave this blog at that and move on but you know me, I'm going to elaborate!

Sticking your nose into someone else's business is just rude to start with.
We don't know their day to day life or struggles.
Second, unless your life is free from blemish permenantly than you shouldn't be poking around judging what's going on in a neighbors life!

I will try not to sound too preachy :)

Let's start with parenting which seems to be a hot topic of judgement!
What works for me, may not work for you but that's not to say that either form of parenting is wrong. It's just different and different is not bad.

Don't take it upon yourself to discipline someone else's children unless the parent has specifically told you it's ok.
Never assume it's ok no matter what relationship you have with a parent! 
 If there is any area of life that can be considered a war zone, it's children.

I have a 3 year old that many have told me is a terrorist... I say he's curious, like Curious George! It's a matter of opinion but don't think you will get away with saying anything different about him because he's my baby! Again, it's just bad form to talk about someone's child then hide behind a smile as if you're joking.

Now, I believe it's perfectly fine to inform a parent if their child is doing something to harm himself or someone else but leave it at that. Kids will be kids. Why is it necessary to spend so much time worrying about everyone else's life? When we do that we aren't spending any time grooming our own.

Work on decluttering your house and when you're done... do it again. This should leave you with no extra time to work on a house that IS NOT yours. You can obviously apply this principal to every area of living, not just parenting!


I think we should stress less and learn to cut people some slack! 
Don't make an issue out of everything! Learn to see positive in things and less negative! 
Your life will be so much better if you do. 

 The bottom line here is M.Y.O.B.

 You will go far in life once you adapt this mindset. If you don't like what someone else is doing or how they live and you just can't help yourself..... Stay away from them!

This is my little nugget for the day! I love you all for reading!

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