Secretly, You Lift Me Up
March 9, 2008
I try to read the secrets on PostSecret.com religiously; usually I never forget a week. Most of the secrets are dark, lonely, depressing, and raw. From time to time, you will read a secret that says ‘because I read your secret…’ that tells of how someone else’s secret affected someone else’s life. And it’s not so hard to believe because secretly, they do the same to you.
I was watching the PostSecret videos again today and still I felt this movement all over my body when I read/hear some of the secrets. I had seen the videos over and over again before, read the secrets, and knew what was coming, but it still sparked the ‘emotion’ in most of society that is empathy, care, concern, consciousness, and humanity. It is an empowering feeling, and I got to thinking about why.
There are people in life that want to see others suffer. There are others still that merely want people to have it as bad as they do; whether or not it is extreme or not, they do not want anyone else having it better than they do. Sometimes I wonder if we don’t all have that mentality on some level or another. For the extreme cases, it can be hard to ‘move’ them, but for the general public, ‘life’ can affect them.
When we hear about war, crime, poverty, and many other issues that are wrong with world, we are motivated in one way or another. Whether it is to better our selves, volunteer in a shelter, or write a blog post about humanity, we are motivated. PostSecret’s secrets secretly lift me up. They make me feel better about my life and who I am. Because while it was not the best, it is great now, and I know what some of these people are going through. I can relate to them, but am happy that I do not have to deal with those issues any longer. I’m uplifted even that I do not have to ever deal with some of the issues they have to. I cannot explain the freedom that I feel when I read other people’s secrets. And secretly, I do not ever want to send in a secret; I do not want to be in bondage. I am released by reading other people’s secrets, and not by having to send one in of my own.
Visit postsecret.com every Sunday for a new batch of secrets. They stay up for a week and change on Sunday. This Sunday’s secrets show last Sunday’s secrets at the bottom too so they may be changing their style accordingly, but I like to be safe. 
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Since you like PostSecret you might wish to try CommonTies.com. We publish art with stories as well. But we do more than just secrets. Also we pay for the stories and art we publish.
Just looked at it. Looks great. Will definitely add to my list of sites to frequent and show some of my friends that enjoy PostSecret too. Thanks mate~