Small Minded People.

My God I so agree on this! It irks me sometimes when I hear people talking about other people and pointing out the flaws and yet negating the positives when i encounter people like this i usually just move away and seek out people who are more open to the idea of contributing for the better and sometimes i purposely talk within earshot just in case they're listening with their bat ears and get interested and decide to talk about ideas instead of people :D

What do you call a person who talks about both? I think people who gossip too much are probably just insecure with their own lives, or bored, or something. Me personally, I do enjoy a bit of gossip.. especially unfavorable gossip about people I don't like, lol. I think everyone is like that to an extent. But I'm always cautious about who I share gossip with.. and gossip certainly is not the only thing I discuss when having conversations.

When I hear the term small minded people, I think of one who is either sustained within their own way of thinking. Like when a person makes a determination that a place they have not visited is everybit of the sterotype that they may have heard. It makes best sence to me that one who is small minded might be racist and carry several preconceived notions, leaving no room to think "outside" the box. Hope I am not being small minded about small mindedness.....

That is very true. Speaking of brilliant people talking about ideas, what is your idea about my idea?

Hi Cj Scott: I understand this quote in this way: we don't have to care so much for the things that the other people do. I'm sorry but I think that gossip is bad because ot hurts people or it makes people care on the private life of someone else. Why to talk about rumours about someone's wedding, it's better to talk ideas just as the quote say. Instead of talking about what people do we have to talk about ideas to make this a better world. Thanks for starting this discussion. Have a nice day. ALVARO.

Ha ha ha. Just this afternoon, a friend from USA told me that the opposite of people who relies on instinct is cerebral. I looked on the thesaurus and found that it means brainy people. I asked him then: does this mean I am dumb because I rely mostly on instinct? So, I guess it is the same. Am I a small minded person cause I talk about other people? I would say, I am just human! Can you say that this brilliant people is a human?

It is more true than ever. I am not innocent in the talking about people, but I also remember another one. "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you". If I talk badly about one, who around the world is talking badly about me. When I go to comment about someone, I either think of something nicely, or say nothing at all. I have very few friends now because I refuse to bash someone. You might call it vain or arrogant but I don't want someone else talking about me in the same manner. So therefore, i have mylot.com and my boyfriend on most occasions to talk to. HAHA! I seen a church billboard one time, that made lots of sense. "You must be little to belittle someone else". That made sense and I have tried so much to be careful.

I think this is so true! We have a rule out at EASI, the therapeutic riding center where I volunteer, that we're not supposed to talk about any of the volunteers, staff, etc. behind their backs. If we have a problem with any of the people out there, we're supposed to go to the person we're having the problem with and talk to them about it. If this person continues to be a problem, we're supposed to go to the executive director about it or whoever is in charge. If you're having a problem with the executive director, we're supposed to go to her about it. If she doesn't change, we should go to the board of directors about it. I admit that I've been guilty of gossip in the past but I'm trying to do better. Not only do I think this rule should apply out at EASI, but it should apply anywhere because gossip is wrong. It's sad to say but gossip goes on in church even. I know it's hard to go to the person in question. I have a hard time dealing with this sometimes because you never know how the person is going to react. When I talk about a person behind their back, it's usually because I'm upset with them. The person I'm talking to sometimes can tell me the reason why this person acted the way they did or what's going on in their lives. If I say something nice about a person, I don't consider that gossip.

Narrow minded people do not want to broaden their thinking. I guess they don't want to have something that will leave a lot of questioning in their mind so they to intend to close the possibility that they could/they can create a great idea. So what happens is, since they don't want to create a new idea, the easiest way for them is involve themselves in making ideas out of other people so that's when they intentionally destroy other people and they love doing it as well. These kind of people are very difficult to deal with since they will never listen to someone who is a good thinker so it is better to get rid of them.