I was a small business owner, father, and husband just living out in the suburbs. I kind of had a boring life until Post Secret came and turned that upside down. I printed up 3000 self-addressed postcards and handed them out to people on the street, inviting them to write down a secret on that postcard anonymously and mail it to me. I got a lot of surprises.

Someday I will have nothing left to lose. I can't wait.

Sometimes when we think we are keeping a secret, the secret is actually keeping us.

I read your secrets to escape from my own.

The best way to hear somebody else's secret is actually to share one of your true secrets.

Trade your secrets and become who you are.

I needed to recognize those secrets I was keeping from myself- secrets I had buried long ago. I needed Post Secret just as much as the other people who were mailing me their secrets.