{"id":398,"date":"2012-07-15T12:53:40","date_gmt":"2012-07-15T19:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/?p=398"},"modified":"2012-07-15T12:53:40","modified_gmt":"2012-07-15T19:53:40","slug":"can-you-keep-a-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/carolineadejong.com\/?p=398","title":{"rendered":"Can you keep a secret?"},"content":{"rendered":"I got to thinking about secrecy. Why do we keep things from those close to us? Are we afraid that they\u2019ll judge us? Get rid of us like an old television set from the 90s? Being an open book doesn\u2019t necessary work for everyone; sometimes secrets keep things interesting. But sometimes secrets can ruin relationships. There\u2019s quite a difference between withholding information and forgetting to mention something important. But where do we draw the line? How do we know where this line ceases and begins? What I\u2019ve come to understand is that secrecy can alter things in ways we never anticipated. We don\u2019t have to tell everyone everything. However, we must tell those we love the things that can change our lives\u2019. If we don\u2019t, we are not only being unfair to ourselves, living in denial, but also to those close to us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"