Every morning, during my morning ritual that I do, I pick a word or slogan from my god box. I do that every morning, not just the mornings that it's convenient. Today, it was gossip. Gossip is nobodys friend. I once heard it called a polite form of murder by character assassination. It's an attempt to make me look good by making someone else look bad.
I was chairing a meeting last night as part of a service commitment that I do and just before the meeting started I could hear idle chatter. What caught my attention was two members with long term sobriety gossiping. I would have liked to straighten them out but it's really not my place. Reminds me of a slogan I got a few days ago. Live and Let Live. It reminds me that I should live my life according to the principles I choose to but I should also allow others to live their life according to whatever principles they choose to. Even if I disagree with them.
I have another service commitment tonight. I chair a meeting at my place at 8 pm. So, from 730 until 930, I am not available for anything anyone asks me to do. I've turned down work shifts, family gatherings, political rallies, sporting events, whatever it is, because I am not available. I plan my life around my meetings, not my meetings around my life. Because I know that without my meetings I won't have much of a life.
End of rant.
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