{"id":1444,"date":"2013-11-19T11:43:12","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T17:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lovingonme.com\/?p=1444"},"modified":"2017-05-19T10:03:13","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T15:03:13","slug":"lets-change-the-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovingonme.com\/2017\/2013\/11\/19\/lets-change-the-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Change the Conversation! Say No to Negative"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"It's<\/a>Ladies, it\u2019s time for us to cut the cattiness. All the gossip, backstabbing, and spiteful commentary are getting old. And more importantly, it\u2019s hurting our sisters and our collective power as women.<\/p>\n

I rarely write like this but it seems over the last several weeks I\u2019ve experienced an increasing number of women denigrating other women. It always seems so benign when it starts.\u00a0 We\u2019re sitting at lunch with a group of friends and all of a sudden someone will say, did you know\u2026and then what follows is something that honestly, would have been better left unsaid.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s sad really, that our conversations so often include the negative. Some salacious tidbit that we just have to share or we\u2019ll burst. Worse still is when we share the news and then add at the end, we really need to pray for her. And then everyone shakes their head like we\u2019ve done our Christian duty by sharing someone else\u2019s business that will be passed on to God knows who for what purpose.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know about you, but I have to believe we are better than that. And I use the term \u2018we\u2019 intentionally as I am sadly in the boat with you. After all, last week I was sitting at the table and listening too. But on the way home I started feeling icky, like I had handled something slimy and it left a gross residue all over me.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what it\u2019s like when we wade into areas where we have no business. Long after we exit the scene, the impact of what we\u2019ve seen and heard stays with us. Often we find ourselves recreating what we\u2019ve experienced with a whole new group, simply because we\u2019ve allowed ourselves to get comfortable with the cattiness.<\/p>\n

But ladies, I\u2019m calling us to higher ground! Let\u2019s change the conversation so that we edify and uplift rather than cut each other down. Let\u2019s create a network of love committed to encouraging one another through our trials, and celebrating each other\u2019s triumphs. For who better to understand our unique life journey than a sister traveling the same road?<\/p>\n

Will you join me in creating a sisterhood of love? We don\u2019t have to be from the same place, live in the same town, or share similar backgrounds. All we need is a shared commitment to love other women \u2013 in our actions, attitudes and behavior.<\/p>\n

Madeleine Albright said there is a special place in hell for women who don\u2019t help other women. Well that may be true, but in the meantime I\u2019m thinking we should work together to create a more heavenly atmosphere here on earth. Who\u2019s with me?<\/p>\n

Loving on Me as I Love You! Hugs and Blessings\u2026\u2764<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ladies, it\u2019s time for us to cut the cattiness. All the gossip, backstabbing, and spiteful commentary are getting old. And more importantly, it\u2019s hurting our sisters and our collective power as women. I rarely write like this but it seems over the last several weeks I\u2019ve experienced an increasing number of women denigrating other women. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sharing_disabled":false,"switch_like_status":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Let's Change the Conversation!"},"categories":[204997546,114917237],"tags":[922,4324,204997786,122792808,598],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/lovingonme.com\/2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/gossip.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4eAxC-ni","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovingonme.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovingonme.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovingonme.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovingonme.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovingonme.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lovingonme.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9077,"href":"https:\/\/lovingonme.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1444\/revisions\/9077"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovingonme.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lovingonme.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovingonme.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lovingonme.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}