Being boring
The other night, I found myself listening to someone gossip.
An unbearable boredom set in.
Judgements entered my mind.
I sat back and stayed silent, and a resentment began to grow inside me like rot spreading in a bruised apple. I stopped listening.
According to a Psychology Today blog post, boring people complain a lot, repeat the same stories and jokes over and over again, don't make eye contact and lack enthusiasm, drag conversations on without coming to a point, have little to say, are self-preoccupied and talk about themselves too much; they try to impress people with humor or by being too nice, and they get easily distracted and engage in small talk.
The article went on to say: "Boring people also contribute less to the conversation overall than interesting people do."
That's when I realized; perhaps, it was my decision to not contribute to the conversation that led to my resentment, to my inability to listen, and to my being boring.