“I am an open book. I have no secrets.”
Some people make statements like this. But our life is not a book placed on the shelves of a library for everyone to read. Rather, it is a treasured book kept in a private collection, made available for reading only to a select few.
There is no need to reveal so much about our personal lives and privacy or to disclose every secret concerning our lives. The reason we cannot share everything with everyone is that not everyone is the same to us, nor is everyone dear to us.
Life has its own privacy and mystery. These are what determine its beauty. When we lay our lives open before others, we lose that very beauty. Moreover, doing so may invite various kinds of problems into our lives.
Some people believe that the truly smart way to live is to safeguard one’s privacy, live without attracting too much attention and refrain from discussing one’s personal life with others.
Similarly, have you not heard some people say, “I have a lot of friends”? Having too many friends can itself become a problem. After all, when we have so many people around us, how can we choose just one person with whom we can share everything?
We cannot trust everyone with our personal matters. However, when we keep our circle of close friends small, the intimacy, affection and trust between hearts are likely to be much deeper.
We have absolutely no obligation to explain our personal lives to others.
If you share very little of your private life with others, then that is all they will be able to access of your life.
Let your life be such that others look upon it from the outside with wonder and admiration. Let it be a precious book in a private collection, available for reading only to a select few.
