Sharing

I love to share. And I love when others share with me. It gives me sense of connection along with a high like a daily dose of caffeine and rare Portland winter sunshine. Sharing is almost always free, helpful and it seems I've been doing a lot of it lately.

I truly believe I have valuable knowledge, stories, time, love, skills and other various things to share with many wonderful, colorful people. The act of sharing always somehow pushes you further in life.

But last week my sharing came into question. A friend asked me something and then added, "or are you not sharing?". Was that a pointed question or did I just take it too literally? I don't know what said-friend implied, if anything. Given that I'm even reasoning this, maybe I really am keeping the answer to myself. The add-on bothered me. I had no issue sharing the information of the original question, but why hadn't I done so before? I have no idea. It didn't occur to me to share that piece of information, I guess.

Maybe I've set the bar too high and others expect me to share all. Maybe there's some things I don't want to share and for whatever reason, I choose not to - subconsciously, or otherwise. Does this make me a sneaky or secretive person? No. Self-Guarded? Maybe, a bit. Lackadaisical? Maybe a bit of that, too. A bad person? Absolutely not!

Please advise. Should I open my figurative book up a bit more? Post your opinion, or are you not sharing?