Good Gossip Goal
By Tana M. Mann Easton, Lead Efficiency Engineer
Gossip is often seen as a bad habit. But talking about someone behind their back isn’t always negative.
I like to look out for ways I can dabble in good gossip. For example, a woman I have known since I was very young will periodically make cookies and give some to my sister since they live in the same town. Those cookies are so popular that they’re gobbled up in the first day. Me sending a message to that woman telling her that her cookies are so loved in my sister’s house that they don’t survive even 24 hours is an instance of good gossip.
Or let’s say we’re at a child’s birthday party and one of the children is overstimulated and having a meltdown. That child’s mother doesn’t lose her cool but gently handles the situation with calm and grace. As she’s doing so the other mothers are commenting that they wish they could always be so calm under similar circumstances. Good gossip would be me letting the calm mother know that we all thought she did an admirable job of comforting her child.
Can you make good gossip a goal in your life? Setting an intention in your mind to notice when others are speaking kindly of others and sharing that information can create atmospheres of positivity that people are craving.
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With Sincere Gratitude,
Tana at Focus to Evolve