"To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself."
– Henry Ward Beecher
There are many kinds of secrets.
Secrets to hide guilt. Secrets to protect the innocent. Naughty secrets. Embarrassing secrets. Disturbing secrets.
For me, the most important secrets are the ones we use to describe who we are. They are the collection of small conceits in whose shadow we define ourselves – a silent stream of commentary that is relevant only within the contextual integrity of our inner thoughts. In such relevance is born the idea that we are unique.
To share too many of these secrets is to become less so.
Oh. See? You do get it.
elise
“To share too many of these secrets is to become less so.”
Less unique?
How, with you, is that possible?
This makes me think of how people lie to themselves, and keep secrets they don’t even know they have.
as if by opening and sharing, it takes away, uniqueness trickling out into the river of sameness …for me, I just find it impossible to reveal as if by so doing, it gives someone the ability to destroy …
I have secrets some too embarrasing to tell a Priest for absolution so I rely on our Lord whom has helped me alot.
Why is it that so many Catholics have adopted the Lifestyle?