{"id":11893,"date":"2024-01-24T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/holistic.news\/en\/?p=11893"},"modified":"2024-01-25T12:58:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T11:58:32","slug":"discretion-an-outdated-commodity-or-deliverance-for-the-psyche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holistic.news\/en\/discretion-an-outdated-commodity-or-deliverance-for-the-psyche\/","title":{"rendered":"Discretion: An Outdated \u201cCommodity\u201d or Deliverance for the Psyche?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Francis Bacon (1561\u20131626), an English philosopher, politician and lawyer, wrote: \u201cThe best composition and temperature, is to have openness in fame and opinion; secrecy in habit; dissimulation in seasonable use; and a power to feign if there be no remedy.\u201d His point of view expresses, on the one hand, a great pragmatism in the approach to life, but at the same time, it emphasizes the necessity of reaching a balance between openness and discretion<\/strong>, which is essential to building good relationships with other people. Mastering this skill seems to be a big challenge for the modern man who functions in the avalanche of information, very often losing his discernment: What belongs to their private and intimate sphere, and what is already common and generally available. That is why it is worth stopping for a moment on the issue of the ability to be discreet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Secrecy?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines secrecy as: \u201cthe habit or practice of keeping secrets or maintaining privacy or concealment.\u201d Such a standpoint is associated with caution in speech and action<\/strong>, and even with restraint<\/strong>. We do not say everything we know about a given person, because we are mindful of their wellness and safety. If someone entrusts us with a secret, we keep it to ourselves, being aware of our commitment to the other person, as well as the trust that someone has put in us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It can also be noted that secrecy links with prudence<\/strong>: Out of concern for our well-being or that of someone important to us, we do not disclose certain information about a particular person or situation to others, so as not to expose anyone to discomfort or danger. In the same spirit, we refrain from making judgments and assessments too hastily, because we are aware that we can hurt someone even unknowingly by making an unfair evaluation, which may be due to insufficient data. However, observing the modern world, we often get the impression that people forget or do not know the rules mentioned above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the late 1990s, the then-popular Polish music group De Mono sang: \u201eWszystko jest na sprzeda\u017c\/Cho\u0107 nie chcemy, to \u015bwiat nas zmusza\/Jak wysoka cena\/W nas co\u015b zmieni i poruszy\/Wszystko jest na sprzeda\u017c\/Nawet wtedy gdy chcesz inaczej\/Bo zawsze jest kto\u015b, kto chce zap\u0142aci\u0107\u201d (\u201cEverything is for sale\/Although we don\u2019t want it, the world forces us to\/How can a high price\/Change and move something in us\/Everything is for sale\/Even when you want otherwise\/Because there is always someone who wants to pay.\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is worth asking today: To what extent have modern people lost their instinct for self-preservation and in the pursuit of acceptance, popularity and fame begun to reveal their whole life to strangers? To what degree does the desire for profit, plaudits and compensation for emotional deprivation push us toward revealing everything to everyone in the virtual world? Do we still remember to keep the boundaries between what is private and what is public?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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