Rickey Lynn

Is it right to hide the truth?

Tonight my daughter, in a kind way, told me I was wrong for not letting her in on information about my finances. A few weeks ago, my daughter withheld information from me that she was leaving her job and moving a thousand miles (give or take a few hundred) away. Which all begs the question, "When is it ok to hide the truth?" Is it when it won't hurt the other person, or is it whenever you think it's ok, or just when is it? I felt badly that I kept information from her, but I didn't want to worry her. Now I find myself wondering if that was right. But---was her keeping information from me right? Do two wrongs really make a right? As I approach Yom Kippur and I start to search my beliefs for truths, this will be one of the things I will be examining to see if I have done right or wrong.

posted by Rickey Lynn @ 9:55 PM