I had to share this funny video with you. It was one of the cutest videos I had seen in a long time posted on Facebook! Although the message was sweet and innocent coming from a 3-year-old little girl, it had some profound content that I thought worthy of blogging about.
The scene is a sweet, cute little girl in the backseat of the family car trying desperately to hook the belts to her car seat. (This is a daunting task as I have tried many times and failed to buckle my grandchildren in). Her dad says, “you want me to help you?” And with the sweet small voice she says, “no I can do it myself.” As she continues to struggle with it her dad asks again, “what do you want me to do?” She so innocently says, “worry bout yo self!” Well you could have bought me for a wooden nickel! It was too cute!
But how much message is really in those little words? Worry about yourself, could be a nice way of saying mind your business, but I didn’t take it that way. I look at it as saying we can always find something wrong or we know how to correct someone else’s issues but we can’t even see our own issues. Isn’t that the truth? It is always easier it seems to let someone know what they are doing wrong or not addressing in their lives, than it is to understand our own shortcomings or bad choices.
That is why I am learning (you see that I’m learning) to ask God to show me my own issues so that I can work on me and then I can come along side of someone who may be dealing with similar issues and help not hinder. I never want to be in a position that I can’t see my own stuff, my own issues or where I fall short. None of us are perfect so there is always something to work on. I believe staying humble is the best ingredient for being in a position to help people when they need you.
So don’t stop “worrying about people”, but make sure you have the right attitude when you are trying to help them. Make sure your reasons are pure and if they aren’t then “worry bout yo self and let God do the rest.
Blessings
Lisa
