I had another engaging chat with a friend last night, I can say I enjoyed it, he/she shared a problem that bothered me though, it made me realize some things, especially how people can be so mean and judgmental, it made me ponder on how "chismis" really affects the person being talked about. Sometimes its damning, and just too hurtful for us to even realize that we've done something so wrong, we don't always know it, but we often destroy some part of their humanity, dignity, and character. I wished I could've done something for my friend, cause I saw how much this affected my friend.

I, myself is guilty from being judgmental, but sometimes some hear-says are too much, although yeah, I've said my share of criticism and bad-mouthed even a few person, I just hope we can limit this. We can't tell their personalities from what other people say, and reserve judgement when we get to know them a little better, maybe then you'll see how great that person is, how special he/she really is, maybe if you took the time, you might find, a little pot of gold at the end of that rainbow.

Being a christian, I think, this is one that really needs a big change in my life, because I can only count so many times where, I decided not to get to know the person better at first, and ended up almost missing the greatest person, friend, colleague, mentor I could ever find.

Although we really can't eliminate this, we could try and lessen it.