If you can't say something nice, then don't say it at all!!!!!

Gossiping. We all do it. Most of us (I know I'm guilty of it!) do it without even realizing it. We even had a Focus group meeting not too long ago about what gossiping is, why we do it, etc. Here's a lesson I learned the hard way: You never know what someones going through.
The other day, a girl at school was being beyond rude and mean. In that situation it was very easy to talk about her with a friend who was complaining about how she acted to a bunch of our friends. I came home and had a message in my inbox. The friend I was talking to earlier? She messaged and told me that the really rude girl's grandmother died the day before and my friend had just found out. How awful is that?
You never know what someone is going through. I messaged the "rude girl" immidately just saying that I was sorry for her loss and that if she needed anything to let her know.
To me, this was pretty much God's way of telling me that I need to keep my mouth shut when people start talking bad about people. I definitely think it's WAY easier said than done, but it's one of my new personal goals. Try to stop gossiping!!!!
A little piece of me learning something I should've already known