mind pour -- what's with secrets?

JUST BECAUSE IT'S YOUR SECRET, DOESN'T MEAN IT'S TRUE.
Glinda

how many times in life do you know the truth about something or someone but no one else seems to see it? do you tell? do you keep it to yourself? i have kept secrets before for people...secrets that could've damaged a situation or a person's reputation. i read once that secrets are like stars -- hot, volatile, concentrations of energy. it's true. they can be so powerful.

the worst part of holding onto a secret is watching yours fall out in the open by the very person you've been "protecting" for however long. i've seen it...from a distance and up close and personal.

i can't say that i choose to hold on to secrets much these days. if a friend needs me to be discreet or a shoulder to cry on, i'm there. but many times, it's not secretive stuff...it's just life. what's interesting is when releasing a "secret" out there, so many times the letting go allows someone else to be inspired and possibly do the same because they either have a similar secret or they know how you feel about what you've been keeping inside. your choices, your actions, cause things to happen around you and they cause things to happen in other people.

whatever your secret may be...however "bad" or "good" just remember that it only exists that way because you choose it to. ask yourself what it would look like if you just let it go?