GOSSIP

I would like to share a very small and tiny moral story. I learnt a very good lesson from this story.

Let me know if you get the moral and what it is according to you.

Story  name: - GOSSIP!

A Woman once was gossiping with her friend, about a stranger Man, in a restaurant whom she did not know much.

The gist of the gossip was how bad the stranger man is. After the gossip, when she leaves for her home, she suddenly gets this

feeling of being guilty, since she said a lot of things about the man, without knowing him much.

The woman is not able to sleep.

She becomes restless.

The other day, she visits the church for confession, and narrates what she has done to the Father.

Woman: Father, … please tell me have i really done something wrong? I am not able to sleep. Is it really serious? I feel as if i have committed a sin.

Father:   hmmm… yes my child. You have committed a sin! You certainly have.

Woman: Ohh God! … Bu .. But it was just a chat…a simple gossip …well … In that case, I am very sorry … i am very sorry about the Man.

Father:   “Sorry” ? … Thats it ??? …. That isn’t enough !!!

Woman: Ohh Father … that was just a gossip! How serious that can be? I said …i already feel … and i really am sorry for what i did! What more can i do ?

Father:   Do one thing. Go Home and take your pillow. Take your knife. Go to the roof and tear the pillow into two pieces.

The woman leaves the church. She goes to her home.

Takes a pillow and kitchen knife and heads for the roof. She stabs the pillow and tears it into two pieces.

She goes back to church and approaches the Father.

Woman: I did what you said. I slit the pillow with my knife on the roof.

Father:   … and ???

Woman: And??…and what …Father???

Father:   … and what did you observe? What happened after you tore open the pillow?

Woman: There were feathers and cotton everywhere …Father!! They were floating everywhere!II

Father:   Right!!! … now i want you do one more thing… Go and collect EVERY SINGLE PIECE of that cotton and feather

Woman: Bu…But … but father, how … how is that possible now? The wind blew them all !!! Its just not possible!!!

Father:   Exactly!!! … and this is what is called “GOSSIP!” … and this is how serious it is!

P.S. TRIVIA: - This small story has been taken from the Oscar nominated movie: - “Doubts” starring Meryl Streep, Amy Web and Philip Seymour.

In the movie this story is told by the Church’s father in a sermon, and has been modified a bit here.