Whatever you shout into a canyon comes back to you. Talk about people carefully.

What you say about others travels further than you intend and eventually reaches someone who repeats it. Beyond the practical risk, speaking unkindly about people trains you to notice the worst first, and you end up living in the world you describe. The echo lands inside as much as outside.

Before repeating something about someone, ask whether you would say it with them in the room. Say one good thing about a person who is not present this week and see how it changes the temperature. And assume every message you send will be read by the person it is about.