Burn Baby, Burn.

She said, "May I come Close? I have many demons inside". 

I answered, "Don't come any closer, there is already a hell inside of me, created by unwelcome gifts from others like you". 

I want to tell you a secret

For the frivolous and trivial minded, gossip is an important currency. Such people trade so called secrets with one another until nothing is secret and everything is naked. All useless but extremely entertaining. The small and idle minded can be forgiven for that is all they can indulge in.

I do not want people to tell me their secrets, though I am good at keeping other people's secrets. It is a terrible quality to possess for I am burdened by carrying someone else demons.The burden of these secrets were burning in others now they burn inside me.

Many a times we are told, "I am going to tell you a secret, but you have to promise not to tell anyone else". Is it not foolish for people to expect someone else to keep your secret which you yourself cannot keep?

It is believed that the profession with the highest suicide rates are psychiatrists,  and why not? They are constantly overloaded with other people's treachery, complaints, secrets, guilts and problems. 

“If you have a secret that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place.” - Eric Schmidt

Empathy, is certainly a desirable trait in people. It is the ability to place oneself in someone else's shoes, and to be compassionate. Empathy however, is different from allowing people possession of your mind and filling it up with useless gossip and often malicious information.

Next time someone wants to bare their soul to you or tell you a secret, maybe you should reconsider whether you should be listening to it.