This is the first of (four at this time) Post Secret books. There is a corresponding web site. If you haven't seen this site, I think it is worth a look. The contents are updated every Sunday morning, so it varies from week to week.
www.postsecret.com
Frank Warren has asked people to share a secret, anonymously, usually via postcards sent to an address in Germantown, Maryland. The instructions are simple - tell a true secret about yourself, that you have not shared with anyone.
The results go far beyond what you might imagine. Initially, you might just be curious what is going on in other people's lives. Instead you find that other people often have the same secrets you have. For me, that takes away a lot of the power such secrets hold. If other people struggle with the same things, then in a sense, we're all in this together, right?
Some of the secrets are disturbing, others seem somehow petty - but at the same time you realize that the thoughts being expressed may be all too common. For me, that gives me some empathy for other human beings, and perhaps some admiration for the way people seem to keep on trying.
It's worth a look.
