...of guarding a secret

I found it advisable in any case, to carefully keep the secret of my happiness to myself. I realised I would have to be on my own guard not to reveal my sensitive knowledge or break my pleasant, auspicious silence, a mistake that could only cause me trouble and deprive me of my well-being without benefitting me at all. When we realise that words can destroy something good, wonderful, and dear, and that by keeping silent we can avoid causing the least damage or harm, its easy to stay silent.

[Marie, Walser, R.]

- submitted by Pearce, M A.