A secret
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Has someone ever told you something but asked you not to tell anyone else what was just said? I had that happen to me today with some pretty interesting information.
For some reason I have been a person people tell secrets too. I’ve never ask for this information and it’s amazing how many people simply trust me with such private/personal stuff. I’ll have to be honest with you and say it’s great to feel people trust me that much. However - it’s hard to know what to say all the time.
Some people have a hard time seeing me as a secret keeper. They see me talking to everyone I meet and they notice I almost never have a lack of words to say.
They think - “I could never be real with that person because he would just go and tell everyone else. He’ll have times when there is nothing else to talk about and my secret will leak out to everyone - I can’t take that chance”
I’m sad to inform you - the above phrase is completely false. I have a deep respect for people and their right to withhold un-needed publicity over their personal life. I am interestingly very good at keeping secrets. Alot of it comes from my selective memory habits. I can block out information and leave it until someone brings it up again.
So you’re asking me - Why are you saying all this? Why are you telling us you are good at keeping secrets? To that I answer with - I have no idea. There are people out there who have been given secrets and they have not respected ones privacy rights.
I feel horrible that there are those people out there and simply would like people to realize what it means when a person trusts you so much as to tell a secret.
Of course we’ve all heard from our parents and from teachers that some secrets aren’t ment to be kept. That’s a whole other discussion but I have confidence that you already know about this and I won’t waste my time - or yours - explaining that.
Maybe this post was just a waste - maybe it’s just me talking about something out of random once again but I would be curious in - “how well you can keep a secret?”
