These are the gossip-deterrents that give me the “ears of a wise person:”
- Imagining the subject of my words overhearing my comments reminds me to speak for intended as well as unintended audiences. (This one shuts my mouth every time.)
- Someone should be “bigger” than the situation. (And it sure is cool to be my own hero.)
- Save the airspace. (There is enough yuck in the world already.)
(Original post July 2015)