No person is your friend who demands your silence or denies your right to grow. - Alice Walker

Have you ever wondered why people hide their dirty laundry in the closet of your mind? Somewhere deep inside, you may feel honored when you are entrusted with another’s downside. What you fail to realize is that knowledge creates responsibility. When you are asked to remain silent about the secret or hidden acts of another, you are lured into collusion. If people demand your loyalty, presence or participation in that which is detrimental to them, you create a detriment to yourself. When you abandon your dreams, swallow your truth, give the will of others precedence over your own, you sell yourself out. Be aware of the person who asks you “not to tell anyone” the thing they cannot keep to themselves. Be responsible to yourself and let them know.

You are talking to the wrong person. – Iyanla Vanzant