[Hrc] The Gossip....a lesson..

[Rashmi Wills]

A woman repeated a bit of gossip about a neighbor. Within a few days the
whole community knew the story.

The person it concerned was deeply hurt and offended.

Later the woman responsible for spreading the rumor learned that it was
completely untrue.

She was very sorry and went to a wise old sage to find out what she could
do to repair the damage.

"Go to the marketplace," he said, "and purchase a chicken, and have it
killed. Then on your way home, pluck its feathers and drop them one by one
along the road."

Although surprised by this advice, the woman did what she was told.

The next day the wise man said, "Now go and collect all those feathers you
dropped yesterday and bring them back to me."

The woman followed the same road, but to her dismay, the wind had blown
the feathers all away. After searching for hours, she returned with only
three in her hand.

"You see," said the old sage, "it's easy to drop them, but it's impossible
to get them back.

So it is with gossip. It doesn't take much to spread a rumor, but once you
do, you can never completely undo the wrong."

Think before you speak.....


Rashmi Wills
Officer - Resource Mobilization
Deepalaya
46, Institutional Area,
D-Block, Janakpuri,
New Delhi-110058
Mob: 9871959794
Phone: 011-28525788, 28520347, 28522263
www.deepalaya.org