Deep, Dark and Dirty

Secrets are a bugger.  Everybody has them.  But I have never heard someone say, "I am just so thankful for all the things I hide about myself."

We keep secrets to protect not who we really are, but to protect who we pretend to be. 

It takes a lot of courage to deal in honesty.  It is hard to face truth and grant forgiveness and acceptance.  It is hard to not place the fear judgement over the love of truth. 

And there is the rub.