Walking in the room, chatter turns to silence. Eyes full of hate now wide with surprise - guilt flashes across the face. Hearts sink in the chest, now fully aware. There are two sides of this story, both equally painful. Everyone has experienced it at one time or another and everyone has been on both sides.
This is the scene that plays out when we are caught cursing another...and when we walk in on the curse. Gossip is bad enough - it happens - to everyone, but catching someone in the act is a knife to the soul. Why do we do this to one another? We even talk bad about the people we are closest to.
Are we so self-righteous that we think we know best - and because of this we must discuss how everyone is wrong, how wrong they are, are why we are so right? Is our monster of an ego so obese it continually hungers to be fed?
It's such a strange part of human nature. Puffed up, arrogant...mines better, prettier, cooler, more expensive. I simply don't get it - I don't even understand this part of myself. If I were to understand this ugliness in me would I be able to control its destruction or would it unconsciously spew from my mouth like the vomit it is?
I want to understand - to become aware. Not only about this aspect of myself but everything that rots my insides. I will never be perfect but if I can prevent the murderous knife of gossip from being marked with my finger prints that's one less soul I cut.
-Peace
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