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# Wouldn't it be better if everyone minded their own business?
- URL: https://amemamem.com.br/en/wouldnt-it-be-better-if-everyone-minded-their-own-business/
- Published: 2026-08-12T14:11:12.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-09T01:05:19.000Z
- Description: There is a difference between noticing someone and thinking we already know what is going on with them.
- Author: Airton Humber
- Tags: #en, #de-nao-e-melhor-cada-um-cuidar-da-sua-vida

A conversation with Anna after a small scene at the bakery.

On Sundays, whenever possible, I have breakfast at a bakery with Anna, my six-year-old granddaughter.

This Sunday, when we arrived, a woman was charmed by her. It was easy to see.

We sat down, ordered our breakfast and, while we waited, I handed Anna a short children's text to read.

She began to read and I just watched.

After a while, I noticed some restlessness at that woman's table.

Until she got up, came over to us, went up to Anna and said:

— You are a very pretty girl, and your grandfather is waiting to talk to you, but you are looking at the phone… Why don't you put the phone aside and use this time to talk to him?

Anna was surprised.

I spoke up first, thanked her gently and explained that she was reading a text at my request.

The woman understood and went back to her seat.

Anna kept reading.

And we did not talk about it anymore.

Only later, in the car, on the way home, I remembered the episode and asked:

— Anna, what did you think of that situation at the bakery?

She answered right away:

— So annoying, Grandpa!

And she added:

— Wouldn't it be better if everyone minded their own business?

I smiled.

But I kept thinking about that sentence.

The woman seemed to be moved by a good intention.

She saw a girl in front of a phone and a grandfather sitting beside her.

And, from that small scene, she imagined the rest of the story.

Only the story she imagined was not the story that was happening.

Anna was not distracted by the phone.

We were doing something together.

That reading was also part of our time together.

Maybe this happens to us more often than we realize.

We see a small part of someone's life.

We imagine the rest.

We interpret.

We conclude.

And sometimes we even give advice.

Without knowing the whole story.

There is a difference between noticing someone and thinking we already know what is going on with them.

We can come closer because we care.

We can ask.

We can listen.

We can get to know.

But maybe it is good to leave a small space between what our eyes see and what we conclude about someone else's life.

That Sunday, though, Anna needed far fewer words to say all of this:

— So annoying, Grandpa!

And then:

— Wouldn't it be better if everyone minded their own business?

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## References

John 7:24 [↗](https://www.bibliaonline.com.br/nvi/jo/7/24?ref=amemamem.com.br)

Proverbs 18:13 [↗](https://www.bibliaonline.com.br/nvi/pv/18/13?ref=amemamem.com.br)

James 1:19 [↗](https://www.bibliaonline.com.br/nvi/tg/1/19?ref=amemamem.com.br)