I'm trying, lord knows I'm trying

Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

-- Robert Service

So I gave up talking about people for lent.

I'm not a big talker about people, or gossiper.

But I was noticing a trend.

I was getting annoyed with people I didn't even know.

And talking about them.

So you can imagine that might bleed over into those I do know.

I wasn't liking the trend at all.

I failed miserably in my lenten sacrifice.

But, by the time lent ended, I thought long and hard

anytime I thought about talking about someone.

Even the guy who pulls up beside the line of cars waiting for the train on Broadway.
Where there's not a second lane.
You know what I'm talking about.

I was even saving up some things to talk about.

Until after lent.

I even started the e-mail to say "we've got to talk".

But I deleted it without sending it.

It's progress.