Chazal say that Lashon Hara is equal to Avoda Zara, Gilui Arayos, and Sh'ficus Damim. Speech makes you like Hashem, and the essence of Hashem is goodness. When you speak evil, you do the opposite of the whole Tachlis of speech! (i.e., to be like Hashem and say only good). No wonder the Chovos Halvavos says that by speaking Lashon Hara you get all the sins of the person you spoke about, and he gets all your Mitzvos, Rachmana Litzlan.
It says: ˄ֱא אְרַיַּו ִקבוֹט יִכּ םי “Hashem saw it was good” six times in Parshas Breishis. Make sure you copy Hashem, and insist upon seeing good every day of your life. Try to find only good and positivism, and you become like Hashem who creates and doesn’t destroy. Only the evil of mankind destroys itself. I have seen Gevaldige Yeshuos when practicing Bitachon and Ayin Tova with people, and I saw circumstances improving drastically. Always report good news, and praise Hashem’s beautiful world and His wonderful people. Appreciate yourself, and value the goodness of your situation, despite all those down-sides that the Yetzer Hara tries to make us think about all day.
