A confidence should not become a badge worn to prove your closeness to someone.

When someone tells you something private, a small temptation follows: to let others see that you were the one told. It rarely takes the form of outright telling. It shows up as a hint, a knowing pause, a remark that you cannot say more. The trust was given for its own sake, not as evidence of where you stand with them.

Notice this week whether any part of you wants credit for being close to someone. If a story is not yours, keep it out of conversations where it would raise your standing. Being trusted is already the whole of the reward.