Grapevine is toxic and it serves no purpose other than to make one (the gossiper) feels better. The problem with this is that you rely on others to be happy. It is really a waste of time and energy. If it is genuine and being informed make us want to reach out to that person, then it's almost respectable. However, to gossip with the sole purpose of ridiculing, making you feel better, spreading false rumours is despicable and a mistake sometimes we indulge into. I've recently heard a few things that I would have preferred to be spared of. Anyway, when I look at it at first glance, I felt nothing. Then I felt hurt and sad- sad for the people who resort to such activities and sad for the negativity it creates. Of course, I've learnt not to take things personally (because it's not a problem of mine, it's their own issue) and that things happen for a reason. With this in mind, I thought of what I had to learn from this situation. It's during these painful momen...