Some things are ‘just for me’

Do you have a few things you keep to yourself? Objects, thoughts or emotions. They’re yours and no one else’s, you rarely talk about them because sharing them is tainting them. I have some things like this and I know for certain that others in my life do too.

People who are not private, become so when these subjects become a matter of conversation. They get quiet and only listen. I do this. I do it for only a few select things, but I do.

Maybe it’s the way I feel about a person, a childhood memory, certain dreams or my thoughts about specific matters. These things are mine. Only mine. No matter how much I share and talk about other things, I think I’ll always remain tight-lipped when it comes to the things that are ‘just for me’. Only very special people, or special circumstances can get me to open up. That’s just the way it is, and I like it that way.

I like that I’m able to preserve a modicum of privacy in a world that documents all their thoughts and experiences. I like that there are some things about me that no one will ever know, or very few people will ever know. There’s beauty in that and I adore it.