secrets are no fun

Unless they are shared with everyone.

Postsecret, if you haven't heard before, is my Sunday treat, minus church and brunch and all that good stuff. Why reading other people's secrets is so fun, so intriguing...I don't know. And I'm sure tons of people don't really know either.

There's just something about knowing that someone else out there in this world has troubles just like you do, or maybe has a ton more problems than you do, that makes the site just so addictive. Either fact can be reassuring. And if not reassuring, at least you know. Sometimes you stumble upon secrets that you yourself have had this whole time but you never knew because you didn't want to admit it to yourself. And others, you just wonder how in the world they ever got away with keeping that a secret. 

Sure, God knows all our secrets, even the ones we didn't know until someone else said it out loud (or wrote it out loud), but man. Men are actually really good at keeping secrets from each other. (And when I say man, I mean mankind, aka women as well.) But when they're let out, so many different things can happen.

I find the postcard above interesting. Is it because she realized their joint need/interest for/in secrets? Or is she hoping that he'll find it on the website and maybe guess that it's about him?And what will happen if he does? Will it be happily ever after? There were actually a couple response emails posted afterwards; apparently there's something magical about sharing Postsecret with others, particularly those of the opposite gender. 

So that's the secret to attracting someone: sharing secrets?

It makes sense. When you open yourself up to someone else, that person can take you for everything that you are, not just what you present on the outside. If you're one of those people who present on the outside exactly what's inside, then that's wonderful for you; you are of a select few. But for the rest of us that have trouble from time to time, it can be weird/scary. What if they decide you're a complete nut job? That you talk too much, complain too much, say awkward comments too much, care too much, have a weird lisp when you say "salamander", or get spinach stuck in your teeth way too often? Then you'll lose the one you care about. But you know what? Either a) that person will learn to love all of that, or b) there will be someone better who will embrace all of that right off the bat.

And the best thing of all? God knows all your secrets, your weird habits and characteristics, and all your random thoughts, but He still loves you. No matter what. And you didn't even need to try to impress Him or revealll your true self to Him. All you need to do is give Him your undying love, and that's that. How simple and how awesome, no? 

Now if only your person would be that way too.