Post Secret.

This journal is dedication to Reshma, who first introduced my to this website through a journal she posted a long time ago. I only remember reading the first paragraph, where she introduced the website, and then stopped. (Sorry, but it was for this purpose I didn't.) Just in the first paragraph, she was able to sell me on visiting this site and inspire me to write this journal. I was afraid that if I read what she thought of the site, I would not be able to form my own opinion on it. Which is why the first thing I am doing after posting this, is reading the rest of her post. 

PostSecret is a site where people can send in postcards and anonymously admit secrets. I love this idea, and have visited the site every week since Reshma's post. 

In a way, it is almost comforting to me to read other people's secrets: Things that they probably would never share to anyone they know, and occasionally some that they do. There have been many moments where I have considered sending in a postcard, and sharing something that I've never shared with anyone before. There would be no feeling of regret that often tags along when secrets are spread, or worry that someone I knew would know it was me... That's the purpose of the anonymity. So often I find myself wishing I had never spilled some things, realizing that it may have been just too personal to share. But there are also those secrets that feel so good to let out, and express. PostSecret is one of those ways. Total strangers getting a glimpse inside you while you get a glimpse inside them. 

PostSecret has been my once a week reminder that nobody is perfect. 

http://postsecret.blogspot.com/