Secrets

We all have secrets. But why? There’s things that we don’t tell our children to keep them safe and innocent, and things that they don’t tell us like when they break things to keep themselves out of trouble. Sometimes it’s a nice surprise for our loved ones when we hide gifts from them. Sometimes it’s to keep them safe, like when we tell them to stay away from the garden shed because of the sharp tools inside. But are we safer when we don’t know? It’s always hard to judge what someone else is thinking. Why aren’t they sharing the full story with us? Is there a spin about it that would change their opinion of us? Would it give us an advantage over them, especially when it comes to a piece of equipment or a technique that will turn the situation in our favour? Or is there some ghastly aspect that will just make the situation more complicated and time-consuming? Even the word’s got a bit of glamour about it, as the ear pricks up as we’re about to discover a hidden truth.