Annoying Others

You know about someone only as much as they choose to tell you. Everything else you know is either your assumption or hearsay. How much someone will or won't share about themselves with others — that's their decision to make. You may be curious about it, and to satisfy that curiosity, you may spin all sorts of thoughts in your head. But none of those thoughts are who they actually are. They are what they are.
  
 Don't show unnecessary interest in someone. This interest may seem natural to you, but to that person it could be nothing but annoying. Do they even know you? If they don't, then why would they take kindly to your interest in their personal matters? Who gets annoyed by what and who doesn't, who takes things well and who doesn't — are these things for you to decide too? Whose life it is, their hassle it is, so their rules it is.
  
 What's the point of telling someone about myself if they don't even know me? Someone who has no need or responsibility to understand me, or to whom I have no need or obligation to explain myself — what's the sense in explaining myself to them? Where there's absolutely no need for you to explain yourself, trying to give explanations means deliberately bringing unnecessary troubles into your life. When troubles come, you'll have to handle them yourself — none of those people will come to help you sort things out. People often unknowingly drag others into trouble. You'll do well to follow one simple piece of wisdom: Don't explain anything about yourself to those who don't need you to explain yourself. If such people ask for explanations, either remove them from your presence, or remove yourself from theirs, or stay completely silent. Let them think whatever they want about you. Let them think whatever gives their minds peace. There's no need to explain yourself so much. You are as you are, and that's how you'll remain. Let them think what they will, let them think. They have time to conduct research on others.
  
 Catch those who are not like me, who don't think like me, who don't live like me, and bring them to your own path. This is called foolishness or blind devotion. Devotion is a good thing, but your devotion doesn't benefit anyone, no matter what that devotion is toward. You love eating eggs; you think, what's the point of eating rice if there are no eggs on the menu? But another person feels sick just looking at eggs! This can certainly happen, can't it? Is there any point at all in going to them and enthusiastically composing epic poetry about eggs?
  
 When you keep bothering someone in various ways, they will naturally attack you one day. If they're intelligent and have the opportunity, they'll throw you far away from their life. Throwing someone away is better than attacking them, when possible. It saves time, and you don't have to ruin your own mood either. While those who bother others may have unlimited time on their hands, the person being bothered has limited time. It's better to spend limited time on important work.
  
 Whatever anyone says, if you yourself know you're on the right path, don't pay attention to their words. If it gets too annoying, throw them out of your life, or move away yourself on your own initiative. If you want to keep life simple, you have to keep very few people close to you. Remember, you may be different from others, but your worth is certainly no less than anyone else's. Never let your worth decrease or let it be decreased. Do whatever needs to be done for this before it's too late.
  
 Busy people don't have time to bother others. You can understand that since they have so little time, they'll never give their remaining time to someone who gets annoyed by such talk. Nobody except idle and worthless people goes out of their way to bother others. You'll definitely encounter such people as you walk through life! There are more of them, after all. To keep yourself well, don't let them get close to you. If they try to get close, create distance from them yourself in some way or another.
  
 There are some bastards who become leaders before they even become workers!