Wildfire

Georgia-Florida, Catalina Island, California – it’s that time of year. I sometimes wonder if the fires will ever get so big they will consume the whole country (except the desert, of course, since sand doesn’t burn well).

I am reminded that gossip is like a wildfire. Talking about others in a negative light, spreading information regarding something about which the truth is little known, is really damaging.

Gossip which damages the name or reputation or career, or anything else, of another individual is as destructive to life as is fire. My mom was right; “if you can’t say something good about someone, just say nothing at all.”