Imagine one official National Holiday where everyone is legally and socially required to finally…MIND THEIR OWN BUSINESS. Employers, neighbors, teenagers, spouses, salesmen and busybodies all get their turn. Funny? Yes. Needed? Maybe more than we realize…
IT’S OFFICIAL NOW
What if there was one day every year where everyone was required to mind their own business? No unnecessary interference. No meddling. No gossip. No pushiness. Just people attending properly to their own affairs and responsibilities. I believe this holiday would become wildly popular overnight.
THE GET IT DONE DAY
Employers would love this holiday. Weeks in advance projects, cleanups, repairs, remodeling jobs and important assignments would all be lined up for MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS DAY. Productivity would skyrocket because everyone would finally focus on what they are actually supposed to be doing.
NOSY PEOPLE BEWARE
Neighbors peeking through blinds…
busy-bodies spreading gossip…
people constantly inserting themselves where they don’t belong…
This holiday would gently but firmly put them on notice.
“MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.”
Legally protected too…LOL
COUPLES MAY USE THIS WISELY
Imagine spouses respectfully giving each other space for one day to focus on personal interests, hobbies, projects or quiet reflection without interruption. Of course some wives may suddenly produce very detailed “Honey Do” lists and remind husbands…
“YOU are my business.”
Men…proceed carefully here.
TEENAGERS WOULD LOVE IT
For one glorious day teenagers finally get to return the phrase they hear all year long.
“MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!”
Parents may regret ever introducing the holiday after hearing it repeated fifteen thousand times before lunch.
MOTHER IN LAWS MAY DISAPPEAR
Some family members may conveniently schedule vacations during this holiday to avoid overdue conversations and accumulated payback moments from all the years of “helpful suggestions.”
Strange how quiet the phone suddenly becomes…
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY RETURNS
Lawns get cut.
Cars get washed.
Rooms get cleaned.
Appointments get handled.
Haircuts happen.
Projects get finished.
Instead of bothering everybody else, people finally attend to their own unfinished business.
Imagine that.
THE OFFICIAL GREETING
Forget “hello” or “how are you?”
On this holiday the official greeting becomes:
“MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!”
To which the proper response is:
“AND YOU MIND YOURS TOO!”
A strange peace may actually break out.
THE BIGGER MESSAGE
Hidden inside all the humor is a very real truth…
Much of life improves when people stop over-managing others and start improving themselves. The energy spent judging, interfering and criticizing could instead be invested into growth, purpose, peace and responsibility.
Maybe this holiday is not such a joke after all.
If you don’t mind your business…
who will?
Did this speak to your heart or life journey?
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— Richie
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