There was once somebody I didn't like.
(I know, shocker, right?)
I only knew them through outs and what I perceived to be their personality, but I never actually tried to get to know them.
I was always had a lot to say about them behind their back, but I was very careful that they never found out what I was saying.
After awhile, we ended up talking and I realized that my initial impressions about this person were wrong, yet she admitted that she noticed there was an uneasiness between the two of us even though we had never spoken.
It occurred to me that it was foolish to think that just because this girl had never heard what I was saying about her, that didn't mean she couldn't sense the nastiness I was putting out there.
Sometimes it doesn't take someone hearing what you have to say for them to be hurt by it. Let's face it, when you're being a bitch, you're putting bitchiness out into the world, and nobody benefits from it.
Wouldn't it be better if we all just acted as if the people we talk about are listening?
If we spent as much time and effort being friendly as we do worrying about people finding out that we talk about them, I'm thinking we'd all have a lot more friends.
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