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Let’s talk about gossip.

Yeah, that thing we all do and pretend we don’t.

It feels small.

Harmless.

A little vent here… a “just being honest” there.

But spiritually?

It’s deadly.

Because when you speak against someone else—

you’re really speaking against yourself.

We are one.

That’s not poetry.

That’s not idealism.

That’s reality.

The same breath that moves through me, moves through you.

So every word you release against your brother…

ripples through the field of you.

You can’t sow thorns and expect roses to bloom in your own garden.

In The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz says:

“Be impeccable with your word.”

Your word is your power to create. To bless. To heal. Or to destroy.

When you gossip, you misuse that power.

You cast spells on others… and yourself.

You shrink your own soul trying to make someone else smaller.

Jesus said in Matthew 12:36:

“But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.”

Every. Word.

Because your words don’t disappear.

They echo through your mind, your body, your spirit—

and they shape your world.

And you know what’s wild?

Most of the time, the one you’re gossiping about…

isn’t even them. It’s YOU.

It’s your insecurity.

Your envy.

Your pain, your story, your projection.

You ever catch yourself talking trash about someone—

and later realize you were describing your own struggle?

Yeah. That’s the mirror talking.

James Allen said in As a Man Thinketh:

“The outer conditions of a person’s life will always be found to be harmoniously related to their inner state.”

Translation:

If gossip, judgment, and negativity are pouring out of your mouth—

they started in your heart.

Norman Vincent Peale wrote in The Power of Positive Thinking:

“Change your thoughts and you change your world.”

I’d add:

Change your words, and you’ll change your soul.

You know that voice in your head?

The one that’s always playing both the victim and the judge?

It says, “They hurt me.”

Then it turns around and says, “They’re the worst.”

Back and forth. A courtroom in your mind.

But what if you silenced both?

What if you chose grace instead?

Look, we’ve all said things we wish we could take back.

We’ve all slipped.

But now that you know better…

speak better.

Let your words become seeds of healing.

Not poison.

Next time you’re tempted to tear someone down, ask yourself:

“What part of me still needs love?”

Because when you gossip, you don’t just harm them…

You wound yourself.

Speak life.

— Jericho Walls