Came across
postsecret.blogspot.com the other day. It has been started by this guy in the States who distributed random postcards to people in his neighborhood and encouraged them to write a secret that they have been hiding and then mail it to him. The response was tremendous and he publishes these postcards every week on Sunday.
It is such an amazing concept. Saw a postcard which contained a picture of a handwritten note and the caption read
“I wrote this suicide note four years ago… and I haven’t used it” It really blew my mind. Another read
“I hate myself for giving in to your sick desires. Every time we have sex, a bit of my soul dies”. Yet another reads
“I let their deaths destroy me”.The secrets range from silly quirks and personal preferences to physical/sexual abuse and even life threatening thoughts. After reading a couple of the posts, I felt a wide range of emotions… sadness, sympathy, empathy, happiness and pain.
There are some people who said that they feel so relieved that their secret was out even though people wouldn’t know it was them. One such person wrote that she had prepared a postcard and kept it under her mattress to mail it. But when a friend came to visit, she sat on the bed and this card popped out. It read
“I was abused by my babysitter”. She said it was such a great relief to share her pain and suffering with someone after hiding it all these years.
They say you shouldn’t complain as somewhere out there you will find people who have it much worse than you. Yes I have my secrets, do I feel like sharing… maybe someday… but not yet…
... not yet
