Caught Up In Other People’s Problems
Oh how they entice us.
A spiderweb is a clever trap that simply waits for a meal to come along to then become stuck and entangled. Other people’s problems are like spiderwebs. They can entice well meaning onlookers to decide it makes perfect sense to become involved in attempting to extricate spiders from their own webs.
For some reason we all can come to believe others to be missing the point we alone so clearly see and must share. It’s a foolish thought.
Here’s an experiment for anyone tired of finding themselves the meal on another’s web.
Stop with giving advice. Try it for a week. See what happens.
Express support but avoid opinions. Permit others to not do things the way you would.
Check back a week or two later and see what has happened.
Let me make a prediction. You will discover that the problem got solved or was better in spite of your lack of involvement. For some strange reason most problems solve themselves without our interference, and sometimes they turn out in better ways than we could have expected.
Finally, if you have spider tendencies and enjoy spinning webs to trap people into your problems, please find a healthier hobby.
