How Gossip Is Detrimental To
Your Feel Great Journey

I read once that 80% of human communication is gossip. This is a very sad statistic. Gossip hurts everyone involved, not just the person being talked about.

Gossip has become so pervasive in our society that oftentimes we don't even think about it. We pay for it in magazines, watch it on television and read about it in books and on the internet.

We all gossip to one degree or another but what happens when we find that someone else has been gossiping about us? We are hurt, aren't we? By listening more we can reduce the amount of gossip we do.

I'll be honest. This is a hard one. I grew up with gossip being pervasive in my family. When I decided a few years ago to try to stop gossiping, I lost friends. But you know what? The friends that I have now that don't gossip are a joy. My life is much better and I feel like I have moved forward in my Feel Great Journey.