Power of Secrets

This semester I'm taking a class where we do a group research project. Our group decided to do research on self-disclosure in a dating relationship. If you don't know, self-disclosure is when we reveal information about ourselves to another person. Usually, as the relationship grows stronger, the greater the depth of information is revealed. There are a bunch of other theories that I could throw at you but they're boring and don't get to the point.

Anyways, self-disclosure involves, in a sense, sharing secrets, but not in the gossip kind of way.

Secrets are a powerful force. The saying, "information is power" really strikes hard when it involves secrets. There is a website called Postsecret where you can mail in your secrets anonymously on a postcard. The goal of it is to not let your secrets take hold of you.

I think secrets can hold us back, which at times may be a good thing, and at times be a bad thing. The point of revealing a secret, of getting it off your chest, is that the secret no longer has control over you. You take control of the secret because it no longer defines you.

Secrets have power. A power to heal, to love, to destroy, and many more. I urge you to find a way to reveal your secrets. I believe they will reveal your true relationships and reveal God in a new light. Let your secrets be free, let them go.

Just let it go, let it go, let it go.