The Twilight Zone Revisited
Our local drugstore took me to a weird world yesterday. It’s a place I hardly recognize any more.
Here’s what happened.
Walking up to check out my items, a cashier said, “Did you hear Tom and Katie had their baby girl yesterday? And guess what her name is … It means this in Hebrew and that in Persian. Can you believe it?! I just don’t understand Hollywood.”
The other cashier chimed in, “You know what else is really weird. Brooke had her baby the same day in the same hospital in L.A. as Tom and Katie did. Isn’t that so weird? After that whole episode Tom and Brooke had. And Gwyneth and Donald also just had babies…”
This went on during my whole checkout experience. They wanted to talk to me about it. I just left it at “congratulations to everyone having babies” and walked to my car marveling at how distracting gossip is.
I guess living precariously through others has become the sport for couch potatoes.
Gossipers talk and talk about others in a way that makes it seem the world would stop if there was nothing to talk about. Well, actually, their life Is at a stand-still.
The sound of gossip is not pleasant. It spreads like a virus. And it’s addictive. That’s why I don’t read popular magazines like People. These mags pull you away from what’s real by convincing you that other people’s lives are more important than your own.
Well, I guess they’ve succeeded. Because lots of folks are buying it.
Someone once told me that Oprah never watches TV. I understand. She’s living. Not sitting around watching and talking about others. I bet most highly creative types don’t care much for TV or gossipy mags.
Rather they read great books, work out and listen to positive, life-enhancing music. It’s a surefire way to keep your life in balance.
Here’s to your gossip-free life!
Warm Regards,
Tania Gabrielle French
Here’s what happened.
Walking up to check out my items, a cashier said, “Did you hear Tom and Katie had their baby girl yesterday? And guess what her name is … It means this in Hebrew and that in Persian. Can you believe it?! I just don’t understand Hollywood.”
The other cashier chimed in, “You know what else is really weird. Brooke had her baby the same day in the same hospital in L.A. as Tom and Katie did. Isn’t that so weird? After that whole episode Tom and Brooke had. And Gwyneth and Donald also just had babies…”
This went on during my whole checkout experience. They wanted to talk to me about it. I just left it at “congratulations to everyone having babies” and walked to my car marveling at how distracting gossip is.
I guess living precariously through others has become the sport for couch potatoes.
Gossipers talk and talk about others in a way that makes it seem the world would stop if there was nothing to talk about. Well, actually, their life Is at a stand-still.
The sound of gossip is not pleasant. It spreads like a virus. And it’s addictive. That’s why I don’t read popular magazines like People. These mags pull you away from what’s real by convincing you that other people’s lives are more important than your own.
Well, I guess they’ve succeeded. Because lots of folks are buying it.
Someone once told me that Oprah never watches TV. I understand. She’s living. Not sitting around watching and talking about others. I bet most highly creative types don’t care much for TV or gossipy mags.
Rather they read great books, work out and listen to positive, life-enhancing music. It’s a surefire way to keep your life in balance.
Here’s to your gossip-free life!
Warm Regards,
Tania Gabrielle French
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