Hey, Did You Hear...

For "He who would love life And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking deceit." 1Peter 3:10

In my opinion, people talk entirely too much. There are even those who repeat themselves to the same group within the exact same discussion; this is one of the worst annoyances ever. All this talk is the reason for all the rumors and gossip that spread like wildfire: the incessant need to talk is always hindered by the lack of topics for conversation. Since we inherently find interest in other people's lives, talk takes a dangerous direction when someone begins making assumptions. That reminds me of my favorite saying I first heard from an old German teacher, "When you assume, it makes an ass out of you and me." We would always giggle after her recitation of this, mainly because she was a sweet and fairly old lady saying the word "ass", but after actually listening to that you realize that it's so true. How much truth really comes out of simply assuming that your conclusions are true when you have not actually found any tangible evidence?
Imagine if scientists published all their hypotheses as facts; people would start believing that the world really is flat or that pigs really can fly. How absurd is that? It's probably worse than claiming to know something about a person when you really are not sure. It's just repulsing to hear rumor after rumor about various people, most of which are more than likely untrue. As interesting as these stories can be, they just disgust me because I'd rather not know that "these two people are together a lot, so they must like each other" or any other hearsay. All the ridiculous claims made by people are only good for ruining others' reputations. I realize this topic is more for juveniles who still cannot get past the gender barrier, but males and females can be friends with each other without dating. Wow, that's possibly more scandalous than anything you could ever come up with, isn't it? No, not really, it's just a fact.
Praying for the end of finals,
Anna