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The secret of reality
Published Aug 10, 2020
Updated Aug 10, 2020
Wellness
3 min
Wellness
Published Aug 10, 2020
Updated Aug 10, 2020
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The secret of reality
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“Studies show that the average person keeps thirteen secrets, five of which he/she has never shared with anyone else.”
I stare vacantly at the line, which I sense stares accusingly back at me. Only thirteen? I wonder out loud. But it is not the number that befuddles me.
It’s the kind of secrets I’m more curious about.
Are these the little white lies we tell those we love, so we can spare their feelings?
Are these the many omissions we make at work, so we can keep up a professional front?
Are these the controversial conversations we evade, to placate our neighbours and society?
Or how about the untruths we conjure up to end a difficult relationship?
The fabrications we slip into our stories for want of drama and theatrics?
Or maybe, the realities we bend to gain
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