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| Prompt: Secrets What do you think about secrets and keeping secrets? If a secret would be against your morals or beliefs or if it was about hurting someone or a group of people, would you still keep it? ---------- I can keep secrets just fine but if a secret has to do with hurting someone else or going against my country or something too harmful to the person who tells me of his secret (i.e. something like he's planning a suicide), I won't keep that secret and I'll tell that to the person who wants me to keep such a secret or to the authorities. Yet, at times, secrets connect people. Those are gentle things, such as a surprise party, a close friend's whispered crush, a private dream or a not-fully-thought out endeavor. Not all secrets, however, are harmless. Some have weight and they carry a burden. Plus, the longer they are kept, the heavier they become. Such secrets can create walls among people, since they may be born from fear, guilt, or pain. These grow more shadowy, the longer they are hidden. This had me thinking about friends who told me secrets, then cut me off because they felt uneasy about my knowing their secrets. So, I believe there's a fine line between what's private and what's secret. A secret is a lock on a door whereas privacy is personal space, a boundary. We all have the right to keep parts of ourselves private. Consequently, secrets that fester can turn into a silence that harms any relationship. Still, keeping a secret for someone shows trust. It is my form of loyalty and love. On the other hand, what if keeping a certain secret causes harm or what if it goes against my values? This means not everything has to be shared to be real, which points to the fact that some secrets are about power. The power of what a person chooses to reveal and what that person decides to guard and their power over the person they told their secret to. As to the secrets themselves, some are worth keeping, but some need the light. I believe, knowing the difference between the two has to do with wisdom. |
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