Honesty Hour: Exercise Discernment

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I listen to people share another persons personal business ALL DAY at my present employer, I don't blame the blabber mouths | I blame the source.

Let's first define Discernment. Merriam-Webster define's it as


Noun:
The ability to judge well.

1: the quality of being able to grasp and comprehend what is obscure : skill in discerning
2: an act of perceiving or discerning something


Here's why I said the above:
In life, things happen. 9 times out of 10, one of the ways you get over it, is by expressing it or sharing your story with someone else. Problems arise when the person you tell, doesn't keep it to themselves.

I recall a time where I DID NOT exercise discernment and shared some pretty personal information/thoughts with someone, said it was in confidence and they went ahead and shared it with someone else- and it got back to me.

I had no one to blame but myself, as I knew this person was unable to keep their trap closed. In my period of "going-though" I thought this person would do the right thing and be my confidant; not a backstabber.

But again, I didn't exercise discernment. I didn't grasp the lesson from my previous experiences in dealing with this person; watching them "spill" information about other's who I'm sure told them in confidence.

You have to be careful about sharing your life, pain, achievements etc.; some people are with you along for the ride. other's are just there to be a paperweight and hold you down.

filter them.