Brilliance

"What does what I say, say about me?"  Jack Sacco.

We are probably all familiar with the old saying that people with brilliant minds talk about ideas, people with average minds talk about things, and people with dulled minds talk about other people.  I am sure we have all been in a group where someone is talking too much, too loud, too long.  Perhaps that person has even been ourselves.  Gossip - talking about other people - can be a very intractable habit.  But, who would we rather be considered?  Someone with a brilliant mind, an average mind or a below-average mind?   Research suggests that habits can be easily changed.  All is takes is a commitment for 30 days, and that new behavior becomes a habit.  Along with the gratitude writing exercise, can we also incorporate the new practice - for 30 days - of not talking about people?  Let us practice instead talking about ideas.  What ideas do you have for making this caregiving task an easier one for you?