A Lifetime of Secrets, is the fourth Post Secret book in a series by by Frank Warren.
I have a couple of different processes that I go through while writing a post. Sometimes I aim for polish. Other times I'll polish after I've launched. I always however, strive to get beyond a point of raw work - words that need attention before the polish stage. For my thoughts here on A Lifetime of Secrets, I choose raw.
And it feels really good to do so...
Did you ever use the term, "you can't do that in Russia."
Well, the absolutely exhilarating feeling here is, "you can't write like this in a newspaper or magazine."
Imagine holding a thought inside that terrified you so much, you couldn't mention it to one other human being. Or some little kernel of knowledge about your company - if you were to mention - would get you fired. Or feeling such utter despair about something. Or wanting to retaliate for an injustice that someone caused you. Or declaring to the world that you were about to do something. Or sharing with at least one other human being the pain another caused. Or of not being able to tell another about a deep sexual belief.
A Lifetime of Secrets is like a message that one puts in a bottle and casts it adrift, with one exception. Lots of people can read the message in a bottle. And for the writer that liberation is exhilarating.
A Lifetime of Secrets is like writing in your own diary, with one exception. The entire world can read it.
A Lifetime of Secrets is like taking pain pills.
A Lifetime of Secrets are messages of hope delivered in a sparkling brass and wood carriage of artwork.
A Lifetime of Secrets are messages of despair draped in cloak and dagger works of art.
A Lifetime of Secrets are messages of love shot across the ship's bow in arrows of beauty.
A Lifetime of Secrets are soul-releasing messages drawn in crayons from the heart.
A Lifetime of Secrets are messages of desire saddled on a Clydesdale of prestige.
A Lifetime of Secrets are messages of desire laced in brown paper and bowed in pink.
A Lifetime of Secrets are messages of fear cloaked in crayon and charcoal.
A Lifetime of Secrets are messages of truth journaled on cardboard canvass.
A Lifetime of Secrets are messages of truth etched on postcards from the soul.
A Lifetime of Secrets are messages of truth released from the mind's dungeon.
A Lifetime of Secrets are messages to one's self, told to the world.
A Lifetime of Secrets are messages of hope scribed tickets, receipts and napkins.
A Lifetime of Secrets are messages of hope told to the world and aimed for one.
A Lifetime of Secrets are messages of hope, hoping to be understood.
It's a cold winter day when the door bell rings. You sign for the package and head back to the den. You look at the delivery. It's wrapped in brown paper and bound in string. The return address is in red and the address is in blue. You gaze into the fireplace as your soul warms. Your best friend has sent you a gift and you whisper thanks - as if she is sitting right next to you. You untie the string and carefully remove the brown paper. It's a message in a bottle labeled A Lifetime of Secrets.
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