These days especially, I’m grateful to have finally learned to mind my own business; it’s taken decades to reach this point. I’m grateful I’ve learned that people are going to do what they’re going to do, regardless of my opinion. In fact, unless someone specifically asks my opinion on something, I don’t offer one. It’s not always easy to hold my tongue, particularly with my family, but I’m working on it.
Staying in my own hula hoop is an analogy I discovered in recovery. It signifies my ability to manage and control only what’s inside my own hula hoop, and that’s more than enough for one person to handle. Anything outside of it is beyond my control.
I’m grateful to have the discernment to know what’s mine to do and what isn’t. I’m grateful to hand more things over to God. I’m grateful that this exercise in discipline is making me reliant more on a power greater than myself. I’m grateful for the peace I receive when stay in my own hula hoop. Gratitude is peace.
He who passes by and meddles in a quarrel not his own
is like one who takes a dog by the ears. ~Proverbs 26:17
