There was this woman in a village, whose life is centered around gossiping. She'll gossip about everything and everyone, hurting everyone in the village in the process.

And even though at first she has a lot of friends, she noticed that as time passed on, her friends started to leave her one by one, until she has friends no more.

Feeling lonely and depressive, she started to realize the wrongs she had done, and went to consult the village chief for advice.

After hearing her problem, the village chief told her to slash a hole on her feather filled pillow, and walk around the village with it until there is no more feathers left inside the pillow.

Of course she questioned his method, but she did so anyways, because she was desperate.

So she went back home, slashed a hole in her feathered pillow, and started to walk around the village with it. Feathers flew in grace as she walked.

The next day, she went back to the village chief and told him the deed is done. This is where the village chief told her-

Chief: "Now I want you to go back and collect back up every single feather that you've dropped around the village."

Whereas the woman responded-

Woman: "But.. that is impossible!"

In which the chief replied back: "It's impossible to fix the damage you have done."

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I heard of this from my instructor during my leadership camp I went to a few days ago, and I think this does not only apply to gossiping, but also to everything hurtful you're gonna say.

What this lil story is telling is, think twice before you speak of something hurtful to the recipient. Because once it's out, you cannot suck it back in.

If you're lucky, you'll still be able to mend the damage you've caused, because most of the time, you can't.

The tongue is a powerful tool. It can bring happiness or sorrow; bring life or death depending on how you use it.

I hope this lil story is of meaning to potential readers of this journal as it is to me.