Keeping Secrets..Still?

I wonder if there is a statute of limitations on the amount of time we need to keep the secrets that others share with us. When if ever do we get to do the great REVEAL and not be considered untrustworthy?? It goes without saying that there are some very dark secrets that should never see the light of day while there are countless others which if shared could save someone a lot of grief. How do you weigh the choice? I think that you need to do some soul searching and if you can manage to look at each secret as an idividual situation instead of lumping them all together into a parcel of random secrets, you will be able to make a more educated decision . Although some secrets spill over onto others there is almost always that important dividing line that is there for you to find if you take the time to look and once you have mastered the delicate art of secret separation you should be good to go, or rather tell!. If you think about it, secrets bear a strong resemblance to lies by omission and those are very very hard secrets to keep for any length of time. When you contract to "keep" these secrets you must think ahead. If you decide that the keeping will result in an increased level of stress for you and those you love, then simply decline. Those who wish you would help shoulder some of their burden will just have to look elsewhere. On the other hand if a long enough time has passed, and no one can be hurt, some of those secrets would make wonderful stories that you could easily publish. All things considered, a monetary reward for your years of silence would not be a terrible thing would it? The only forseeable problem could be if a ' secret keeper' gets so caught up in amassing a horde of secrets that he loses sight of the altruist he was when he began and turns into a mercenary secret collecting money-hungry would be writer!