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 |  This stuffed Beanie Baby dog came tagged "tracker" which fits my search for knowledge. |
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| Prompt 6. Day 6. Can you share a secret? small or big, tell us. No? Tell us why not. 369 words The New Merit Badge I will tell my secret. My commissioned badge for my group
 right now. The StoryMistress  took my design and adapted it. There are secrets you tell and secrets you don’t. Once you tell a secret, it is no longer known to you alone, it may morph into a confidance. Both the Storymaster and Storymistress know about the badge, and they aren’t telling.  I am not sure it is semantics, but a secret is different from a confidence. In my mind, a confidence can be shared by one or more trusted confidants. I find some confidences are shared to try on situations for size. For example, someone might tell me they don’t think they are a proficient writer. I will ask them why they feel that way. The reply may be attributes they may think or know they possess. Their goal in sharing is to get affirmation. It probably is not done purposefully, but ultimately that has happened in my experience. I can speak to girls and secrets. We look for opportunities to share things like secrets. It proves we trust that person above all others. The mutual pinky swear not to tell has the outcome of a closer relationship. I think it is important to reserve some feelings and opinions to ourselves. Another example is secrets within a marriage. I felt by telling so many secrets to my spouse it left me more vulnerable, which made me uncomfortable. It rarely happened but during a discussion about a similar topic, the remarks I made in confidence may work their way into a new conversation. It could be regarded as an “I told you so” dressing down. Secrets on a higher level like secrets for National security are necessary. The ones I keep are often a surprise birthday party or someone getting promoted before the announcement is made. I was asked to keep a confidence, which apparently is now common knowledge. I share with you I am expecting a great-grandchild in March. I have two from my daughter-in-law’s first marriage. I am fondly looking forward to welcoming the little one to our beautiful family. Don't tell anyone I told you. They are keeping it a secret for now. tracker |
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