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“Secrets come in different forms they can be shocking or silly or soulful” (Frank Warren). Frank Warren is a brilliant man to have come up with such an amazing idea. His idea not only helps himself but also made an impact of others. Post Secrets.com is a free blog website where people send homemade postcards with secrets that have never been told to anyone before written on them.

The point of creating this idea would be revealing secrets to an unknown person is relieving. This idea came about because of how people feel more comfortable speaking or telling a complete stranger a secret about themselves. They feel more at ease of telling someone that they may never come in touch with ever in life; something that they have been holding in for a long time. Being judged by people you know can make a person hold the secret in too. Majority of people that have secrets would rather tell a stranger than someone close. This method of revealing a secret through a postcard is a good way for someone to express themselves.

In the TED talk video, Warren used the postcards that were sent to him as support. There were a lot of people that sent him their secrets. In his seminar, some of the secrets were empowering and sad while others had humor. Some of the secrets were shocking and had you in a state of disbelief. The expression o some of the people in the audience face were at a “wow, like they couldn’t believe what he just read” facial expressions. An important statement Warren made was “because he struggle with his own secrets through the kindness of strangers he was able to uncover parts of his past that was hunting him” (Warren). His objective was to prove to his audience that reading these secrets are inspirational as well as writing the...

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...eople that it is ok to reveal your inner most secrets. It is a type of healing process to overcome what has been hidden for a long time. He used the voicemail of this girl grandmother singing her happy birthday as the last time she heard her voice. Just by her sending that secret many others started to send voicemails of their loved ones that died.

In conclusion, Frank Warren has potentially started something great for people that have been fighting secrets their whole life. His method of revealing secrets has helped many people to dealing with their past. They see the secrets of others and it inspires them to reveal theirs. It is a healing process for people that battling everyday with their past. Relieving a secret can make you feel like a new person.

Works Cited

Warren, Frank. “Half A Million Secrets.” YouTube. YouTube, 9 April.2012. Web. 13 January 2014.