"My name is Gossip.
I have no respect for justice.
I maim without killing.
I break hearts and ruin lives.
I am cunning, malicious and gather strength with age.
The more I am quoted, the more I am believed.
I flourish at every level of society.
My victims are helpless.
They cannot protect themselves against me because I have no name and no face.
To track me down is impossible.
The harder you try, the more elusive I become.
I am nobody's friend. Once I tarnish a reputation, it is never the same.
I topple governments and wreck marriages.
I ruin careers and cause sleepless nights, heartaches and indigestion.
I spawn suspicion and generate grief.
I make innocent people cry in their pillows.
Even my name hisses.
I am called Gossip.
Office gossip...shop gossip...party gossip...telephone gossip.
I make headlines and headaches.

Remember, before you repeat a story, ask yourself...is it true?
Is it fair?
Is it necessary?
If not, do not repeat it.
Keep quiet!

"Great minds discuss ideas", "average minds discuss events", "shallow mind discuss people."

The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.

Zero replies?

Good opening line...

Good stuff...

Agreed.

Wow

That was a great write

Gossip can be a hurtful thing!

Your a great writer

Why don't you hit the creative writing forum!

You'd be so welcome there


Tammy

P.S. Liked "How Life Should Work" also

Good one by Ann Landers I have read this before but very true more should read the words as well.................


I will leave this one as well.....................



"I've come to understand the beginning and the end, but I have no idea how to handle the in between. What a mess this place is. My what a tangled web I've weaved. "

Children are happy because they don’t have a file in their minds called:
"All the Things That Could Go Wrong."


The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.


Love comes when manipulation stops;
when you think more about the other person
than about his or her reactions to you.
When you dare to reveal yourself fully.
When you dare to be vulnerable.



Human beings are funny.
They long to be with the person they love but refuse to admit openly.
Some are afraid to show even the slightest sign of affection because of fear.
Fear that their feelings may not be recognized, or even worse, returned.
But one thing about human beings that puzzles me the most
is their conscious effort to be connected with the object
of their affection even if it kills them slowly within.


Above all else: go out with a sense of humor. It is needed armour.
Joy in one's heart & some laughter on one's lips is a sign that
the person deep down has a pretty good grasp of life
-Hugh Sidey

It is to be applied....not admired.Everybody does it...some consider it a part of a balanced meal.

Oh so he didn't write this

Duped again!

Given the name "gossip". I very rarely

do. Maybe with my closest girlfriends
And then about mundane things

Gossip can be hurtful
I was once the subject of it

I wonder if the write on his pro is his.....hmm

Oh well