Oh Kelly! Stop Being A Gossip!

Kelly Smith is a very good, ten year old girl. Apart from the fact that she loves gossiping, she loves hearing gossip and she loves spreading gossip. That day at school she heard some very juicy gossip and she couldn't wait to get home and tell her Mother all about it!

“Mother, I have some very juicy gossip which I want to tell you,” said Kelly, excitingly.

“Kelly, you must stop gossiping. How many times have you heard this, that and the other about a person, then meet that person and realise that the person wasn't so bad after all?! The gossip that you heard about that person was not true! In fact the gossip was so far away from the truth that it was actually quite unbelievable!” said Mother, concerned.

“That sometimes happens,” said Kelly.

“I'm sure we've all been in that situation, where a part of our brain believes the gossip and then later found out just how wrong that gossip was, often the gossip was complete fiction. This is where gossip becomes dangerous.” Mother explains.



Kelly realises that she was turning into a person who loved nothing better than to gossip, talk nonsense, spread lies. We all know a gossip, right?! The kind of person who needs gossip and drama in their life as much as they need air and oxygen! These people literally get a kick out of it, they get enjoyment out of it. To them passing on gossip, within their eyes, is like giving someone a gift, with a big pink bow attached to it!!



“Listen Kelly, the gossip will start with person number one, the nucleus of the gossip, talking about, for example, about the colour ‘red’ and by the time the gossip gets to person number 10, they'll be talking about the colour ‘green.’ You see what I'm saying?! People will add a little bit, take away a little bit, throw in some more drama, to make the gossip all the more exciting!! This is where gossip is poisonous.” said Mother.

“Gossip can be poisonous?” said Kelly, worried.

“Yes. I believe that we should not believe anything about anyone unless we hear it from that person, one on one. Never, ever believe gossip. If someone speaks to me in confidence then what they tell me will stay with me forever. I would never repeat their private business, what they told me in private, as it is their business and I have no right to repeat that and I have no right to break a person's trust in me. That is why people confide in me, because they trust me.” said Mother.



“So why do some people gossip?” asks Kelly.

“I will tell you why, it is because they are so unhappy within themselves, it makes them feel important to pass on gossip and it takes away the attention from their own miserable existence. Think about it, if you are completely happy and content in your own life, getting on with your own business, then you feel no need to put hurt or anger upon anybody. So feel sorry for the gossips of this world, wish them well, wish them happiness, because my gosh, they need it!” Mother explained.

Kelly realised just how wrong it was to gossip. She was such a happy, good girl, that she realised how wrong she had been to even gossip in the first place. Kelly never gossiped again. She became quite the opposite, she hated hearing gossip and whenever she heard any she told everyone what her Mother had told her! Kelly never thought twice about a piece of gossip again as she knew that most of the time it is lies, or maybe a tiny percentage of it is true! Kelly used her own mind, she made her own opinions on everything. That is what we all need to do, we need to use our own minds!! Make your own judgements on everything. Next time you hear a piece of gossip question it, tell yourself and the person who said it, that what you've heard is most of the time untrue. Talking gossip and lies is not good for anybody or anything, just ask Kelly!