Gossip fast

Continuing our series of fasts as not doing something for 24 hours we get to one of my favorites:

Do not gossip for the next 24 hours. By the way these fast only count when you could do what you are not doing. So if you are camping alone you cannot count this as the fast of all fasts. So no gossiping only counts when you are spending the day with friends and coworkers.

I am not sure what I mean by gossiping. I think to be pure it means do not talk about any third party. Another way of looking at it may be do not talk negatively about anyone. I selected today (Friday-Saturday) since I’ll be talking to a lot of people on the phone. I will continue this fast for a few days since I think it is one of the healthiest fasts you can do.

A great part of it is that perhaps you can help others avoid gossiping as well. Thus if you are talking to someone and the other person starts gossiping you can stop them and tell them that you are on a gossip fast and perhaps persuade them to start one too.

I thought I had posted this yesterday but I had set it as a draft. So I will continue it for a while. I am now thinking that even though in case of the food fasts a short time may be sufficient, for the other fasts longer time may be needed.

I am continuing this for a few days more. Even though I have not noticed me starting to gossip, I am not sure I have stopped others from gossiping. Also I am looking for a decent definition for the word gossip. Is it doing any talking about anyone when the person is not present? Or is it only talking negatively behind the person’s back? Finally it could be saying something that you would not say in front of the person? I’m not sure I have decided for myself.

It is five days later and I am definitely gossiping less. At least I am less aware of gossiping.

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The above post is one of the series of old posts recovered from a defunct blog. I’m still not exactly sure which of the above definitions of gossip is best. I think talking behind someone’s back in a complimentary way is reasonable – especially if you let the person know about your appreciation the next time you see her or him.

If we only talk well about people who are not present we improve our relationships and friendship with all. The person who is talking with us notices (albeit perhaps unconsciously) that we talk well of people and will trust us more, and the person we have complemented may here about it (if only from ourselves) and again that relationship will improve.

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