of Secrets, Trust, and Power

So there I was in Starbucks reading my book (hmm.. come to think of it, I don't personally know anyone who goes to Starbucks alone to read a book. Read mind you, not study. Anyway...) when I read a passage where the author talks about secrets... and then boom. A question was posed for the struggling photographer: Whats the deal with secrecy? At least when it comes to normal people (as oppose to national security. ahehehe)

People will say that the subject of the secret is embarrassing or that people will get hurt if they find out. Whatever the reason is, it all boils down to one thing (and it is something that I wrote about for philosophy): Power... or the lack of it that is.

Think about it. There is power in keeping a secret. For the very nature of most secrets is to hide ones weakness. And whenever a person's secret comes out, his invulnerability is shattered. The whole world has become aware of it and is now judging him. Whatever power that person had has been stripped away.

So what does trust have to do with this philosophical episode of mine? For the people who knew my old blog, they know that I wrote an entry about trust. So for the benefit of those who dont know:

People nowadays have a twisted idea of trust. Using my example before, people believe that trust is like giving the password to your email address. I don't know about you but that, for me, does not show that you trust the person. It basically tells you that you have someone watching your every move. A police.

Isn't trust all about believing? to open yourself to the world (or in this case your significant other), dropping that guard of yours and leaving yourself vulnerable?

Trust is about allowing yourself to be vulnerable and believing that you will not be harmed.

This whole episode goes to show how people don't really trust the people they are with... or maybe they just know that they are the ones who broke the trust of the other. Or maybe people do not like feeling vulnerable. I wouldn't really know now would I?

Told you I think way too much.