gossip and thoughts

today on the radio, a man called and actually asked if he would have to study the bible when he got to heaven or if there would be new material to study

I think this guy has way too much time on his hands.

There are two things i struggle with everyday, gossip and thinking bad things about people.  When does talk turn into gossip?  If i talk to someone to voice my concern about someone else or to get advice is this gossip?  It isn't gossip when i tell someone of a good thing that happened to someone else, only when we talk about bad things. 

I was once told, that god knows what we are thinking.  So if we think it, then we might as well say it.  I passed a car that had a sticker in the window that stated something about being cute and indian.  The indian part might have been correct, but the cute part could not have been further from the truth.  Why is it that only ugly people feel the need to pronounce that they are cute?  Do they think that it is a self fulfilled prophecy?

Ugh, i digress.  I cannot help thinking bad things about people, but i have at least gotten better (on most days) from voicing those thoughts....this has to be an improvement.