Annie, are you okay?
Things are good. I guess. A lot of people wonder why I say that rather than just leaving it as plain "things are good." I might just not be giving it my all, I suppose. There I go, ending the thought with what can be easily mistaken to be a question or a hint of uncertainty. I'm okay with "good" for now.
Back to what this post was originally about. How secrets are never really secrets. For example, I tell my friend of something that has happened. She vows to never reveal this secret. But, what you didn't know, was that even though we are the closest of friends (in my view), she also has another close friend, with whom (don't worry about grammar right now and pay attention!) she tells certain secrets to. And so the secret is passed along, secretly of course. You continue your life thinking your unspeakable truth is safe, and it is, but not really. All of these people have sworn not to tell, but end up revealing it to someone who is the most trustworthy in THEIR lives. The secret passes on from friend to friend to boyfriend to their next girlfriend to their mother...well, you get the idea.
We're never truly safe.
I don't know if this scenario has happened to me, but I always think about it.
Back to what this post was originally about. How secrets are never really secrets. For example, I tell my friend of something that has happened. She vows to never reveal this secret. But, what you didn't know, was that even though we are the closest of friends (in my view), she also has another close friend, with whom (don't worry about grammar right now and pay attention!) she tells certain secrets to. And so the secret is passed along, secretly of course. You continue your life thinking your unspeakable truth is safe, and it is, but not really. All of these people have sworn not to tell, but end up revealing it to someone who is the most trustworthy in THEIR lives. The secret passes on from friend to friend to boyfriend to their next girlfriend to their mother...well, you get the idea.
We're never truly safe.
I don't know if this scenario has happened to me, but I always think about it.