Not my monkeys, not my circus

​We all can be very judgmental. We see someone doing something the "wrong" way according to us and we comment. I found myself doing just that at the beach as three young boys ran in the ocean after lifeguard time. No parents were in sight, so I said, "Look over there. I would never allow my kids in a dangerous ocean after hours ." But then I was reminded of a saying that a friend taught me: "Wait, not my monkeys, not my circus." The world is not always  (see never) going to go according to my plan, so instead of getting frustrated by things I can not change, I need to walk away and focus on the things I can change; my responses and my behaviors.