In a Time Magazine article – citing a meta-analysis of gossip as a behavior, they wrote about some stuff about gossiping.
It’s hard to write this kind of content with a goal of 300 words a day. It’s now 4 days later and all I had was part of that first paragraph written, and the only research was reading this article.
The purpose was to dig in a little more about why we talk about one another – and not only in a good way. We’ve all been guilty of it. We all know how awful it feels when the person finds out.
I’ve held a lot of grudges towards those that have wronged me in the past but as I get older, I become better at recognizing the part I’ve played in the messy aspects of my life. I know I don’t like it when others drudge up the me of yesterday each time I make a mistake. It’s a lesson I want to teach my children. It’s not healthy to live in the past, so let others move beyond the missteps they’ve taken as they figure out their way through this life.
The world is increasingly becoming intolerant of error; one strike baseball; zero tolerance.
It’s not the future I want to leave for my children. We all make mistakes. We will hurt others without intention, but saying sorry and meaning it and moving on, is the way to a life of peace. Both within your own soul, and the hearts of others.
There is nobody harder on you than the eyes staring back at you in the bathroom mirror at the end of each day.
Each of us has significant power to make the world a better place because like a gentle smile directed at us, forgiveness is infectious.