The same way you choose your battles, is the same way you should choose the secrets you keep.

Major secrets have destroyed homes, friendships, and betrayed trust.

If you truly value your integrity, and you want to live peacefully in a world that is not perfect, finding freedom and peace will depend on what you have created around you.

Let’s look at the secrets that can be detrimental to keep:

1) Secret Children;

2) A man keeping a secret of being sterile;

3) A woman with no womb, yet not informing the fiance;

4) The truth about one’s finances, perhaps debt;

5) Mental illness or health issues;

6) A secret about a real job;

7) Addiction;

8) Age;

9) Sexually transmitted diseases; and

10) Background.

Results of keeping such secrets as above:

All the secrets mentioned above can potentially bring an end to one’s marriage or relationship;

Trust may never be earned back;

You will continue to hide all your life, you will keep thinking of the secret and ways to ensure you are not exposed. This can have negative effect on your mental and physical health;

One day, you will be stuck with no where to hide and you may lose everything. Remember “for there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come to light”.

You may pass, it will still come to light…..

Keeping secrets is an activity on its own and not worth it.

Are you keeping a secret? It is good to come out and tell the truth to the person that needs to hear it before they find out or before you put your health in jeopardy.

Are there other secrets that people keep or you have kept but you got found out? Share with us..

Hannah