My niece was upset with an officemate who was spreading a gossip destroying her reputation. She asked me what to do. I told her to talk to her, ask what her problem was, and ask also if she was prepared for detention or fine -- just in case she was not aware of the local laws.
"Own your mind," I told her, "and do not let it be occupied by offenses of other people. Just free it."
There are many people who want to talk of others and get joy from damaging the good reputation of someone they hate. They love to gossip. The Cambridge dictionary online defines gossip as a "conversation or report about other people's lives that might be unkind, disapproving, or not true".
When they talk about other people in a negative way, it is not gossip for them. They think they have all the right in the world to discuss things freely even if they already go beyond the boundary line. But if their names are mentioned even if in the light of bitter truth, they get offended. They are rude and sometimes there are those who even bully the person they gossip about.
When you encounter people like them, check your tolerance level. They have no power over you if you do not react. You know yourself best, and do not be sleepless because of that.
When I hear stories, I check the other side of the coin. I validate things. My mind belongs to me and me alone and it can never be purchased by other people who want to be scriptwriters and directors of stories they want to create. I own myself. My Creator owns my life and my soul. If I will believe in all what I hear and read, I do not own my mind. I have a security lock in my brains, filter things and I free my mind from thoughts that will destroy human beings including myself.
Free your mind and do not allow those rude people to occupy it. They can talk about you most of the time because they have no better ideas to talk about. Let them do what they want to do. Silently hustle. No need for boasting of what you do just to buy peer acceptance. Wise people can discern that.
Just remember that nobody hits a tree when it bears no fruit. You cannot be broken if you are already broken.
Just remember, too, that your spirit matters, your soul matters.
Suzy Kassem who wrote "Rise Up and Salute the Sun," said,
The Creator favors the man who loves over the man who hates.If anyone plants the seeds of hatred among and disrespects other human beings, God's favor does not turn to him/her. It is a mockery to a religion of love to have someone talking of bad words reflecting the darkness.
Free your mind of the enemies' offenses. The more you think of them, the more they dwell in you. If they go beyond the line, take the necessary action.
Passionately make yourself as a good example of someone who loves, not hate, humanity, our bigger family. Then your mind will tango with your heart in pure joy.
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