Will I Keep It A Secret 🤐?

A loved one had confided in me but it could harm someone else I cared about, what would I do?

Hello beautiful hivers, welcome back to my blog while I respond to the question above from this week's #hiveghana engagement topic that can be found Here

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Actually, this had happened to me in the past, someone closed to me failed to warn me about some danger ahead because he didnt wanted to betrayed a frined. In the end, I was hurt and I could never see that person in the same light even since.

Usually, if a loved one is confined to me with their secrets, I will guard and protect them dearly. I won't want to break the trust they put in me.

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Trust is a very important element of a good friendship and I want to protect the friendship that exists between us.

However, let's say a loved one had kept a secret with me and such a secret would result in hurting someone else, I would have to do some things about it.

One, I will try to talk the person out of his or her plans, I will do my best to convince the person to have a change of heart and do thing in a harmless way towards the other person.

This of course after I listen to him or her and find out the reason behind the intended action. Or better still convince him or her to get in touch with the other party so that they could resolve their issue amicably.

This way, no one will get hurt, and I will still protect the trust of my loved one. If this seems to work, perfect. But if I sense that such a person could not reason with me to do better in handling whatever transpired between her and the other party, that will lead me to do the second option.

I might have to get the other party involved to resolve any form of conflict between them, I would have to preach peace to both of them, as I believe there is always a better way to solve issues between people without having to seek revenge or hurt someone.

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There are things I can't just keep silent about or do nothing, and that is letting someone I care about get hurt because I choose to keep a secret of another person, if I let such to happen I may not be able to forgive myself going forward, knowing that I could have done something, or taken actions against it.

And what if the other person later found out that I knew about what happened to them beforehand and I kept silent? That could put a lot of strings on our relationship and I wouldn't want that.

Another way to see it is, what if I'm that other person who could get hurt, would I be happy if someone could prevent it but choose to stay silent? No. And again resolving the issue and preventing someone from getting hurt is simply the right thing to do.

Looking out for the people I care about comes first before keeping any form of secrets, no matter what, I won't let someone close to me get hurt without trying my very best to prevent it. If it warrants me getting someone else involved, someone who I know they will listen to when he or she speaks to them about resolving their issue, I will.

And by this, I believe I should be able to resolve any form of issue between them without anyone getting hurt.

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This is my take on the topic at hand. Thank you so much for visiting my blog and for your support. I wish you a blissful weekend. @funshee✍