Most of the population, people of all ages please read...
My name is gossip.
I have no respect for justice.
I maim without killing. I break hearts and ruin lives.
I am cunning, malicious and gather strength with age.
The more I am quoted the more I believed.
I flourish at every level of society.
My victims are helpless. They cannot protect themselves against me beacuse I have no name and I have no face.
To track me down is impossible. The harder you try the more elusive I become. I am nobodys friend.
Once I tarnish a reputation it is never the same.
I topple governments and wreck marriages. I ruin careers and cause sleepless nights, heartaches and indigestion. I spawn suspicion and generate grief. I make innocent people cry in their pillows. Even my name hisses.
I am called GOSSIP. Work gossip-shop gossip-party gossip-telephone gossip. I make headlines and headaches. REMEMBER before you repeat a story, ask yourself: is it true? Is it fair? Is it necessary? If not, do not repeat it KEEP QUIET!
GREAT minds discuss ideas...Average minds discuss events...Shallow minds discuss people...Which are you?