Just want to do a little ranting today.

I have this quote on my desk.  I don’t know who said it first or whatever, but here it is:

Great minds discuss ideas.  Average minds discuss events.  Small minds discuss people.

Now, we all have fit into all three of those catagories at certain times, but it really bothers me when people I know really focus on the trivial things in life.  And the gossip.  Oh, how they gossip.

First, one trivial subject I hate is gas prices.  I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been in a car and other people have been noting how high one station is compared to another.  I say, who cares?  We all know gas prices are high and we all know that we have to pay them if we are going drive our vehicles anywhere.  That’s just how it is.  Get over it.

I can’t stand gossip, and I hate myself when I fall into that trap.  Especially when I have to look that person in the eye.  I feel like a tool.  But, I know people who have no problem with it and it flows like poisonous gas from their mouths.  I wonder how they handle their inner feelings when they encounter a person they’ve been gossiping about?  I also wonder if they gossip about ME.  I don’t like that feeling at all.

I was always told about gossip is that if you do it, imagine that you are sticking a knife in that person’s back, because you are essentially are doing that.  You are denying that person their credibility, individuality, and that IT’S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS IF THEY DON’T LIVE THEIR LIFE ACCORDING TO YOUR “STANDARDS”!!!!!!! It’s even wrong to do this when you’re talking about someone you DON’T know.  They are still an individual child of God.

I notice that a lot of these people that gossip about others faults share them.  That is an observation, nothing more.  Didn’t Jesus say something about worry about the speck in your brother’s eye while ignoring the plank in your own?