"You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than by what others say about him."
Wouldn't our world be a better place if we spent more time elaborating on the good things in people, rather than spreading bad news about them? I was reading through a book of poetry last night, and I happened upon a poem called "I Know Something Good About You." I got to thinking how much simpler life could be if we would spend more time sharing pleasant thoughts, and less time spreading those viral negative stories. Below are a few lines from the poem (you can read the entire poem HERE if you like -- it's not long, but worth reading).
"Wouldn't life be lots more happy
If the good that's in us all
Were the only thing about us
That folks bothered to recall?
Wouldn't life be lots more happy
if we praised the good we see?
For there's such a lot of goodness
In the worst of you and me!"
Next time you start to feel that urge to gossip, control yourself for a second. As tempting as it might be to share the dirt on So-and-so, try to think of something positive to say about them. I'm a firm believer in karma-- what goes around, comes around. Say something pleasant; the positivity will come back to you ten times over.
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