Get bUoyed Up! [Ignore The Chatter]

  As long as there are people on this earth, there will always be bavardage.  Bavardage is just an elegant word for the term gossip or chatter. People will continue to voice their opinions and chatter about others, their situations and their circumstances regardless of the facts or the impact it may have.   Even the media at times can be viewed as one the most outspoken sources of gossip or misinformation depending on the content being discussed and the factors involved.   The intent of the information can seem harmless but the result or the impact for someone on the receiving end can be distressing. Casual gossip is not just isolated to one entity or source, there are times when it's your own family member that's gossiping about something, or your neighbor, or your co-worker, or even that loyal church member that appears to be respectful in character. I must admit, I have personally found myself engaging in conversations that are not always of good intentions.  As I examine my own disposition, let me be the first to offer an apology for conversational conduct unbecoming toward and about others. This is not about finger-pointing or conversation shaming.   One of the greatest human flaws of our character is our on purposed ability to gossip. People simply talk about other people.  I don't want to give the impression that we shouldn't talk to each other at all because most of the time our conversations are warranted.  To be honest, we do need communication and interaction with each other, but we can do without the expressed verbal negativity.  Can you imagine a world in which we all simply spoke highly of one another when deserved and encouraged one another when we learn of things that are less pleasant and embarrassing?   A world in which we made it our objective to build up and not tear down from a verbal perspective.  More often than not, it's the casual unconstrained conversations that have no substance and are pure babble that we continually find ourselves engaged in and should try to avoid. They can be destructive if given the opportunity.  The key to surviving all the unnecessary vocal noise and improving our relationships is to ignore the chatter. Don't let the words of other people distract you from your purpose. If we ignore the chatter, we develop a positive temperament. If we ignore the chatter, we open the door for a deeper since of trust with one another. If we ignore the chatter, we build stronger relationships.  So don't let trivial chatter or gossip pierce the lining of your inner strength and create insecurity and uncertainty. Simply put, by ignoring the chatter, we build better communicational relationships, in turn, becoming better human beings.   You have just been bUoyed Up!