Nothing will poison your soul quicker than gossip. Whether in your personal life or professional life, there is basically not a more swift form of self destruction.
When you gossip to others and pass judgment in an attempt to keep the "hot potato" going your reputation goes straight down the crapper as well.
As people attempt to gossip their insecurities away by chewing the fat of others' lives they often forget that there are listening and loving ears all around that without a doubt will eventually lend themselves to the gossip victim. It ALWAYS gets back to the person who was being gossiped about, and then you are shit out of luck at ever having any sort of friendship with that person, because you have proved yourself to be untrustworthy, vicious, and downright backstabbing. Not to mention that others will not trust you because they see the way you try to tear the rest of the world down.
So I implore you to always think a bit before you speak. If you are dying to discuss how "fat" someone got after the holidays, maybe you should figure out just why you hate your own body image so much.
If you feel like talking about how someone's boyfriend is sleeping around, you better be the one who slept with him.
I often meet girls and boys who have loved ones who are not always able to be with them, for whatever reason. I myself am physically separated from my partner very often. Distance does not equal infidelity and it is extremely hurtful and demeaning for others to cut up these relationships and make their own assumptions based on the stereotypes of how band members, truck drivers, sailors, or a multitude of others are presumed to behave.
They do not know you. They do not know your partner. They want what you have but are too insecure with themselves to ever find it.
To all of the strong people who have partners away in bands, on tours, on ships or for whatever reason, listen to no one and follow your hearts. Love with all you have and continue to compulsively write, text, email, and adore your sailors, drummers, truck drivers, and activists.
If you are a gossiper, it's never too late to right your wrongs. While you may have severed ties with those in the past, you can make a conscious decision to curb your forked tongue ways today. If you don't, have no fear--the karma police will never fail to do their job and you will likely change your ways when you one day reach rock bottom.
So grab the knives from all those innocent unsuspecting backs and marvel in amazement at how beautiful your reflection looks in them.
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