Journal #31

Gossip is a six letter word that can do some deadly damage.  It is done everywhere at all times.  It is sad that it is that way but it is just such a common thing that everyone does.  I do not think I know one person who does not gossip.  Okay I may know a few who do not but out of all the people I have met in my life, there is only a handful who refrain from taking part in the act.  Staying away from gossip is very hard and I tried to come up with something cool to compare it to, but I am not that talented enough.  Oh well, I am still good at other things.  Back to gossiping.  Gossiping is done so much that people do not even realize that they are doing it.  Today I started to gossip and I did not even realize it.  I eventually saw that I was and I turned to the person I was talking to and I was like, "We were just gossiping."  Right before that, someone at our table was talking about how we had to write a journal on gossip in English today.  I am just glad that I realized that I was gossiping so I could stop myself before I got any further.  Gossiping hurts so many people and that is he worst part about it.  Most people are not gossiping to hurt someone, but there others who do gossip to hurt or get back at someone.  Sometimes when I am talking to my friends, I start to tell them stories of what happened in class and what people said, but that does not always mean that I am gossiping.  Telling stories of what happened is not considered gossiping.  For example, yesterday someone sat down in their chair and it broke (the chairs were old and I thought I was going to break one).  After it happened, I told my friends and we were making fun of the person who broke the chair, we were laughing at what happened.  There is a big difference in laughing at the person and laughing at the event.