Keeping Things Too Closely

In some situations a person may keep too closely to himself. It helps to have someone to talk to. And those who too much withdraw themselves from loved ones and trusted friends likely aren’t as safe as they should be. There are several sides of this subject; first, a person may have knowledge which should be shared, but keeps his knowledge too much to himself. There is no product, or process, or idea, however good, that will sell or receive acceptance without informing others. Nothing can receive acceptance unless someone knows about it. Whatever is good, worthy, virtuous, and beneficial to health and happiness should be shared. Second, there may be some things that should be confided to help us understand our loved ones⎯or to help them understand us. Sometimes people suffer and brood in lonely silence, when by talking things out, by confiding, a problem or a long-felt hurt or heartache could be cleared. Now as to problems and symptoms that we may have, or may imagine: We shouldn’t just sit and do nothing, and worry and brood about them. If we think we have serious symptoms, we should consult competent counsel, not quacks, not those of questionable competence, but the best, and get facts out in the open. Men die from things that could have been cured if they had only confided in those who are professionally qualified. And now another side: Sometimes people lose their savings, their solvency, by consulting those who are incompetent, or those who by sharp practice would seek to separate them from their money, and thus they suffer losses they would likely have been spared if they had consulted responsible people. The failure to counsel and communicate often invites being preyed upon. We all need help and counsel; we all need to talk at times to competent and trustworthy people and not go silently, secretly, blindly, blunderingly, in error, in ill health or heartache. We need to bring facts out into open, and then do the best that can be done.