Confessions

I first heard about PostSecret on a vacation to Seaside, Florida four years ago. I remember going to the town's square area where a few shops were located and spotting a combination bookstore and record shop, which was too much awesome in one location for my immature mind to handle. After scouring the bookstore and finding a few interesting titles, I ran up the old stair case that lead to the record shop. In my haste to look at the vinyls (which were more like things of lore for me, being a child of the new wave of electronic music players), I made my way past a stack of books that I most likely would have never taken the time to look at. My haste, combined with my total lack of grace, resulted in a book falling off of it's perch at the top of the stack of books.

As I picked it up, I saw a cover depicting a package with the words "PostSecret" on in. Curious, I opened the book and read a few excerpts. The format of the book was something that I had never seen before, a plethora of post-cards with various doodles and sketches. More interesting than the pictures on the post-cards were the messages that they contained; each of the post-cards included in the book represented someone's deepest (and most often darkest) secrets. It blew my mind that someone would be willing to tell their most intimate secrets to a book. I wanted to buy the book, but I was afraid of answering any potential questions my mother would raise; I would feel dirty explaining that I was reading personal details of other people's lives.

I found this video recently, and I know I've posted once already today, but I felt like it needed to make its way on here too.



What's my secret, you may ask?

I have the most massive and looming fear of rejection. Because of this fear, I won't let anyone in. Instead, I talk to them about their problems, their feelings, always carefully avoiding topics that will raise questions about myself. What if they think that my thoughts and feelings are weird?

Now that I've gotten that off of my chest, what's your secret? Feel free to post anonymously, and only do so if you're unafraid to put your fears/aspirations/etc. out there.

Have a great day!