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What secret would you most like to free
yourself of?
Now,
imagine opening a book and discovering that a
postcard had been slipped between the pages with a
stamp, an address, and an invitation to send
in your secret. What would you write?
Would you trust your secret to the post office,
even anonymously?
And
what do your answers to those questions tell you
about yourself?
This
is the real thing, and 100,000 postcards have
already been mailed along with their senders'
deepest secrets. Those who have chosen to
forgo anonymity say they find the experience both
cathartic and liberating. The postcards get
posted at www.PostSecret.com,
where fifty million people have visited and gotten
a forbidden glimpse, been moved and found out they
are not alone.
Secrets
isolate us, and they can bring us
together. For me, I know that if I'm
considering doing something and my gut says, "I
hope So-And-So doesn't find out about this," I
immediately know not to do it, or to find another
way to go about things that welcomes total
transparency. It's my way of staying in
connection and avoiding mental
clutter.
And
it's not like I'm perfect. So, when I slip
up or when other people ask me if they should
reveal their secrets, my response isn't actually
cut and dried. It's a matter of examining
motivations with questions like: Would revealing
the secret hurt someone else? What good
might come of it? What's the most courageous
choice?
When
is it okay to hurt someone else to get freedom
from our secrets? When is it
not?
I
think that is why the concept of PostSecret so
delights me. It seems to offer freedom
without causing harm.
Check
it out - it can be our little
secret.
Michelle
P.S. Secrets are different from
confidentiality. As a professional coach, my
confidentiality with my client's information is
absolute - there is no grey
area!
Copyright 2007 The Juncture
Company
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