Over the years, growing up, I have taken priority in minding my own business. I am somewhat of an introvert, more especially so when I was coming up as a teenager. I have usually kept to myself and did not involve myself in matters that really was none of my business. This has made it so that I have never really have someone tell me to my face “mind your own business” as a way of tell me to case of their case. If any, it would be the other way round.
However, there is this particular time I thought if I had minded my business, it would have saved me a lot of trouble and face. As a child, I lived with my uncle and his wife after sometime. There was one time they kind of had a misunderstanding. My uncle’s wife, my aunt, she is someone who shares a lot. She even sometimes say or discuss matters with people she is not supposed to (in my opinion). I was closer to my uncle than my aunt because he owned an upholstery store where I would always go to help out after school. One time we were sitting in the living room where she was telling me of what my uncle had supposedly done to her and that she was complaining about it. Even though I was young, I gave her my opinion about it, or you could say I slipped her a little information I thought might give her some leverage over my uncle in the matter because I was the close to my uncle as well.
Unfortunately for me, they had one of their little misunderstanding again. This time, my aunt quoted what I said to him and then mentioned my name as the person who said it. They way my uncle looked at me that day, I will always remember. That was his way of say, “mind your business, boy!”.
Well, I learnt my lesson that day and I never interfered with their business ever again. Whenever she sat me down to talk about anything remotely close to her and my uncle’s business. I gave her a listening ear and threaded carefully. Never saying too much and overstepping my boundaries.
The act of minding one’s own business is an art. It is imperative that everyone should practice it in their lives. You conserves your energy by abstaining from matters that will not benefit you in anyway. By doing this, you will also be able to direct your attention to matters that actually concerns you. Concentrating on yourself and your goals. You will concentrate on growing your skills, your family and whatever is most important to you.
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