If I knew then...

Be careful who you open up to. Only a few people actually care, the rest just want to have something to gossip about.
-Author unknown. 


It took me years to realize this. I can't even count the number of people I have confided in that I wish I hadn't.

Keep your mouth shut

It makes no difference to me whether or not Socrates actually developed this test, said it or lived it.  Regardless of its source, the value of the test is fundamental.  As the story goes, Socrates advises that you apply this test before you repeat a rumor.

• Is it true?  If it’s not, keep your mouth shut.
• Is it good?  If it’s not, don’t repeat it if you are not certain it is true.
• Is it useful?  If what you are about to say is neither true, good or useful, there is no point in repeating it.

LOL

 "I don't mind people speaking in tongues, as long as they quit Lying in English!" 

    --Charles R. Gibson

A quote regarding gossip

I had heard a sermon based on this Bible verse on the radio while on the way to work this morning, and I had to share it so that I can remember it if I ever needed to recite it.

"He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends."
                                                            -- Proverbs 17:9  KJV.