Starting a rumor is like popping popcorn. At first the truth and secrets are hidden and seemingly safe behind the walls of a hard shell but soon the heat and pressure of influence break through the tough covers and get to the sensitive center and turn everything inside out until it bursts and can't be fixed.
Popcorn is pretty much a fun snack to eat and prepare; from when you start cooking and hear the sporadic pop-pop-pop to the time when your pour it's contents and have the warm smell of butter waft up your nose and when you finally have it in your lap and you're chatting with family and friends or watching a movie. You enjoy everything until you find the need to wash the saltiness down and have gunk stuck in your teeth.
Talking about the latest gossip is an enjoyable topic. When you hear news about a neighbor or classmate you most likely get giddy with interest and pipe up your ears with attention. You process the words of the story teller into your head and make your own interpretation of the story and pass it on to a friend or two who then again passes it on themselves. Soon everybody knows different versions of a fraud tale and everyone is content; Until they feel guilty and can't take anything back.
Gossiping and rumor breaking is a subject we can't avoid; whether it be mass media or small town tell tales. Sometimes you're the subject and sometimes your the messenger. The point is that you need to be careful of what you do and what you say because people can get to the core and twist and turn things to their own liking. People enjoy gossip; even if it's wrong. Once something is said, you can't take it back. Even if you really wanted to.
Basically; Pop popcorn not rumors! :D There are no consequences in eating a snack that everyone can enjoy. In spreading rumors, someone always gets the shorter end of the stick; you hurt people for your own enjoyment.
REMEMBER:
All things whatsoever ye
would that men should do to you, do ye so to them; for
this is the law and the prophets.
Matthew 7:1
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PS: Don''t forget the Movie theater butter!
God Bless you and your popcorn! :))
Love,
Allyson Gilland

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