Meetta TALKS!...Rumors Part 1

(READERS,

I FELT THIS SERIES OF ARTICLES NEEDED TO BE REPOSTED with additions)

Lately,

I have been given a great many things to say and it has been really hard to choose exactly where to start! Can I tell you that SO MANY things have been going on lately, that life has given me SO MUCH to write about! For some columns, I have enough material to last me clean through Christmas!
Ideas for my "ON THE JOB" column, for example, will last me through Easter! One event happened to me on the job that gave me ideas for at least four(4) articles.

See, I am a person who understands that LIFE is about the JOURNEY as much as it is about the destination. So, I don't want to take my eyes off of the lessons of EVERYDAY, because I know I will miss something if I do. With that in mind, I must share with you of a major lesson I was reminded of. The lesson is "If people are negatively talking about you, ESPECIALLY
if you have not done anything to warrant that kind of attention, then you must be doing something right!"

Doing something right! What was he speaking of? I thought, How could my doing something right justify that kind of behavior from others? Still, that is what one of my Pastors said to me a long time ago when I went to him asking for advice on how to handle hurtful gossip and rumors that were being spread about me. YES! There are people in church who participate in saying and spreading hurtful, wrong things too! Now, before you say, things like "See, that's why I don't go to church" or "See, that's why I'm not Christian because Christians are just hypocrites!" remember
to CHECK YOURSELF before you wreck yourself!
'Cause somewhere in your life, you are jacked up too!

You have lied, been a hypocrite also, doing one thing and saying another and WITHOUT REMORSE! You have stolen, gossipped, got people fired and wrongfully so! You frivolously gambled your money away or you have simply mis-managed your money and now you are homeless or just can't pay your bills! You have slutted around, (I'm talking to both men and women!). You don't take care of your children! You have cheated on your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife. Heck you cheated on school tests, employment tests, drug test too! You put people down so as to build yourself up. The list goes on and on and on! So, like I said, BEFORE YOU SAY... "See that's why...", remember that when you point a finger, 3 of your fingers are pointing immediately, right back at you!

A good point to this is, rumors and gossip like other weaknesses, spread to every area of life! Those areas include the church, the home and even on the job!

THAT IS THE MAJOR REASON, when I go on my break at work,

I often go UPSTAIRS in the employee room where it is a lot quieter! The only people that are usually up there are people who work in different departments such as the grounds crew or security and NONE OF THEM are interested in speaking with me, trying to keep conversation! It is peaceful and usually a lot quieter than it is downstairs AND I ABSOLUTELY enjoy MY BREAKS BETTER this way, although, when it is hardly anyone downstairs, I will still, from time to time, eat my lunch on the first floor. The last few times though, I 've regreted staying downstairs, but that's another article, * (People who you know don't like you, yet still want to talk and ask you questions about you, or people who butt in on conversations where they are NOT invited! Hey! That's two other article ideas!)

Anyway, Funny thing with going upstairs and trying to get away from the gossips and rumor spreaders is that today, when I went in to take my lunch break, two women co-workers that work in my area, were there as well and of course I avoided them as

they are KNOWN rumor and gossip spreaders! No sooner than I was traveling upstairs that I heard one of them say, "I heard why she goes upstairs is because..." and I was not even fully out of ear shot yet! You See? See what I mean Dear Reader?...

RUMORS AND GOSSIP... follow you in EVERY AREA of your life!

Incidentally, I've found that most people don't know how to whisper, nor do they realize that the voice carries farther than you think!" Don't worry, I hear you, YOU COWARD! Gotta wait until I travel a few feet away before you whisper to another miserable...and terribly so! You must not have read my "On the Job, August 18, 2009 article on Two Faced Co-workers." Check it out in the archive section of my blog. There are lessons in it for everyone!

By the way, I don't understand people like these two ladies.

Obviously they don't like me, so I don't understand why they keep concerning themselves with me. Seems to me, they'd be better off using their focus, time and energy much more wisely. Hmm????? That reminds me, though one of them negatively has spoken of me, she ALWAYS completely ignores me when we are in each others presence, (which is GREEEAAATTTTTT! because she is absolutely NOT, a pleasant person!)

Why the other one still tries to speak to me in passing, is beyond me! She'll ask me questions like why I was picking up leaves at work. What's it to ya? I wanted to say. Instead, I opted to be nice and answer her question. It was a harmless question. It's just WHO was asking the question! See! I can be nice to people even though they are not so nice to me. Especially, when I don't rally want to be! That is called

M A T U R I T Y!

Still, I am very careful about what I say while I am in their presence, (those particular ladies) Actually, I've become even more careful and aware about the things I say in general and in front of whom. So, from this experience, Life has taught me that, yet again! But, talking to people you don't like? Especially about non-important issues. If it's necessary, work related or an emergency then I can see it! Other wise, why do it? You don't have to be mean to the person, just go on about your business! Some people you need to walk past! Put that focus, time and energy into something more worthwhile. Like I said, that is another article for another day!

Oh, the leaves? They are for a fall crafts project. I'm making laminated

place mats, coasters and decorations for the season. Someone visiting my work place gave me the ideas. I have a very cute, bi-level apartment which I like to decorate in very tasteful, colorful furnishings and accessories. And yes! I have invited some of my co-workers to. And Yes! I am also very much into holiday home decoration. One of the few pleasures I actually give to myself.

Rumors...TO BE CONTINUED ...Stay Tuned!