Yes I know. No one really wants to talk about gossip. We just want to gossip with no care. I grew up learning to gossip with my mom. It was one of the ways we bonded. As a teenager I was a pro at gossiping. That's sad but true. After having Alex and Olivia I joined a M.O.P.S. group at my hometown church. And gossip spread like wild fire there. So I justified the adult gossip as "that's just what women do" or "it's how women bond" LIES. The older I've gotten, I must be gaining some wisdom. As of the past few years I've thought more about gossip. The heart of it. If you don't know the heart of gossip is ugly. For about the past year, this has been one of my biggest "YOU need to work on this" issues. There have been plenty of times I've been gossiping with friends and later felt like complete trash. Why do I always fall back so easily into gossip. It's something I have to continually be working on. Wha...
"we tend to stay away from mourning and dancing. too afraid to cry, too shy to dance. we become narrow-minded complainers, avoiding pain and also true human joy. while we live in a world subject to the evil one, we belong to God. let us mourn, and let us dance." -henri nouwen