Misfortune Gossips

You hear so much misfortune from other people. They really love to tell you their issues. I even find old people gossiping. In a certain way it's almost amusing. But it mostly just makes me melancholy because I can never figure it all out.

"The good lord blessed us with a mouth that shuts and ears that always stay open. but Me Mama Sez that we usually do the opposite." -From Me Mama Sez(a book) lamely recorded from memory