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Gossiping -- the casual or unconstrained discussion and reports about others -- hurts you.
There are almost always obvious positive traits upon which to focus about any person. Look for those and lift the other person up in love.
Your life is positively transformed every time you do this.
- It is negative. Negative thoughts and talk reinforce negativity in your life.
- It produces a false sense of importance in the gossiper.
- It typically involves details that are not confirmed as being true.
- The gossiper can feel guilty later, which yields fear, embarrassment and self-recrimination.
- Gossiping can steal a reputation, and often hurts another person emotionally and socially.
- Listeners to gossiping may have negative opinions of the gossiper, and/or of the target of the gossip. Several people have been negatively impacted, including the gossiper.
There are almost always obvious positive traits upon which to focus about any person. Look for those and lift the other person up in love.
Your life is positively transformed every time you do this.
Love,
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