Short story: Gossips, and Gossiping

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Reverend Ling Tong, a renowned preacher, was giving a public lecture, in the local community hall, on gossip. Here is his speech, as recorded by his stenographer. "Powerful conversation fosters peace, harmony, and gives out the energy of love from itself, whereas gossip eats energy negatively, and gives out hurtfulness, not love." "We should remain humble in speech rather than boastful, as ego fuelled speech will always usually become hurtful, and can turn into gossip, slander, ridicule, undue criticism, or putdowns of others." "Love only talks about those things true, and not hurtful to others, and gossip is always hurtful to all it comes into contact with." "Do not gossip, but choose your words carefully to build others up, not to tear them down." "Do not allow conversation to become idle chatter without purpose, nor to move towards it becoming gossip." "Gossip is usually the ego wanting to feel more esteemed of itself, as it thinks when it gossips about others, it is empowered by this affective talk, whereas in reality, a gossiper is showing weakness, not strength." "Gossip ties you into a knot of sin that then keeps you tied to its untruth. Gossip energises you negatively." "Avoid gossip at all costs." "The Old Testament book of the Bible, Proverbs, chapter 11, verse 13, says:" '"A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy person keeps a secret."' "So, my friends, always speak from a heart of positive love, never from a negative state of mind." "Be a trusted friend of all, not a betraying gossiper." Short, and succinct, with that last sentence, he had finished his talk for that day. Photo Credit: The photo used in this article was sourced from the free media site, pixabay.com This rock formation is known as the Three Gossips. The Three Gossips are at Arches National Park, near Moab Utah. A reminder to us that gossiping is like throwing rocks at someone. It hurts everyone it contacts.