{"id":22023,"date":"2010-09-30T22:00:07","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T02:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/?p=22023"},"modified":"2017-03-09T22:10:57","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T22:10:57","slug":"the-secret-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theanchoress\/2010\/09\/30\/the-secret-place\/","title":{"rendered":"The Secret Place…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart<\/em>. \u2013Saint Jerome<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Even though it sometimes means I do not get a joke<\/strong>, or a discreet tease, there are times I am thankful that the internet is faceless. My face, my eyes, they give away everything.<\/p>\n

But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes like stars start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end Like quills upon the fretful porpentine. \u2014 Hamlet<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Ghost was talking about Purgatory, there, not the hidden secrets of the bosom, but perhaps they are similar things, after all.
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\nThe hardest thing in the world is self-revelation<\/strong>, or voluntary vulnerability \u2013 spilling the secret you.<\/p>\n

If you can do it in 150 characters, though, it just got a little easier.
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\nSoul Secret:<\/strong> now, you can spill all those passing thoughts<\/a> or nagging questions that you are dying to express but don\u2019t particularly want to get into a discussion (or a harangue) about, either because they\u2019re not really serious issues with you\u2026or because they are?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a pretty cool idea, rather like Post Secret, but strictly about religion and faith. You might find you want to pop in there, some days\u2013perhaps, for instance while your boss is driving you nuts\u2013and give expression to the intersection of your love and your hate, your faith and all of your doubts.<\/p>\n

Check it out<\/a>!<\/p>\n

I won\u2019t tell!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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