Everyone thinks of
gossip as something that they don’t do; that the term is reserved for some particular
level which they never sink to. Yet everyone does it. I suppose I catch myself at it still, on rare rueful occasions. We're so terrified of
being in the dark, of losing an advantage; being disadvantaged. Why is so-and-so absent! Who has applied for
the promotion! What did she say about me…! Hey, just between you and me – you can
keep a secret, right?
I know I was once mired in this mania and yet I can’t remember what it was like. I just know that now it
has become unbearable. It is a dreary unpleasantness to be gossiped at.
Please! Just let me mind
my own business! I don't even want to know what people are saying about me! Because the "me" they think I am is not who I am, anyway! But to explain to people why it is folly to try to deal with affairs
other than your own, is always a path to nonsense. How do I explain the
beautiful peace; the beautiful freedom in simply minding your own business in
terms of the social arena; in terms of all this vain recreation we label life instead. So few appear to me to
have the potential to achieve this state. I will not waste my time and pat my
ego trying to explain to my duller associates why they are being unwise. I will save my
good advice for those special persons who are ready to hear it.
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2 comments:
I think a good definitions of gossip is needed here. Gossip has it's uses and benefits. Malicious gossip however, does not. And yet people lap it up. Standing in line at the grocery store is a gossip fest of celebrity misdeeds. You can access gossip any time, anywhere It's part of the human condition..our need to dish on others.
I agree. Gossip has its uses and benefits to the ego and assuages the ego's needs. But it is the condition of each human to have the capacity to examine their ego and choose how much to let it control their life. Though most humans almost certainly never do, I guarantee it is possible.
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