All of us are writing about taking risks which feels a lot like sharing secrets. So I thought– Ooo (sp) do I really want to start sharing my secret goals and desires with an ever-growing public audience? You see, historically my career (as a teacher and a counselor) has been to work with the public who willingly revealed their secrets and relied on my prudence with their confidences. As such, my behaviors were on display and expected to be something worth emulating. (Health and wellness guru, remember?) Without going into great detail (or potentially revealing any enigmas) I have kept my private life very private. For good reason. Let’s just say, I was raised in Chicago, (rat-a-tat-a-tat!!) by “theater people.” Well, now you guys know.
So I says t’ myself: (in my best Nort’side accent) ”Hey! C’mon. Ya gotta take a risk or two and be willin’ ta talk about da dark side of your own life, too.”
So I went searching for a great poem or a famous quote about secrets to start my blog. I can’t say I found exactly what I was looking for, however what I DID find was deez pearl-sss………….
He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret. ~Marlene Dietrich
Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret. ~Marlene Dietrich
If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. ~Kahlil Gibran
Everyone is like a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
~Mark Twain
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
~Lucille Ball
Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don’t keep it a secret. ~Mary Kay Ash
Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. ~Benjamin Franklin
Gluttony is not a secret vice. ~Orson Welles
If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own.
If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own.
~Henry Ford
I think I’ve discovered the secret of life – you just hang around until you get used to it. ~Charles M. Schulz
Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. ~ Carl Sandburg
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. ~Agatha Christie
Jack Kennedy always said to me, Hedy, get involved. That’s the secret of life. Try everything. Join everything. Meet everybody. ~Hedy Lamarr
The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time. ~ James Taylor
Be kind to your shadow. ~Rebecca Lawless
Don’t get your knickers in a knot. Nothing is solved and it just makes you walk funny. ~Kathryn Carpenter
The secret of having a personal life is not answering too many questions about it.
~Joan Collins
So like I said, I went searching for a key to unlock my secrets, only to learn;
To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly. ~Samuel Johnson
So consider ya ‘selfs off da hook.
Micki Dharma has returned to the beginning: "for in the beginner's mind the possibilites are many, whereas in the expert's mind the possibilities are few." After numerous walks of life, anywhere from that of a banker, to a non-denominational Christian minister, as well as a clown and a yoga teacher's teacher in between, she is at "square one" again. Coming along with her on this new leg of her journey are a loyal husband, two intriguing adult sons and goddess-girlfriends who remain ever supportive even though they have plenty of reasons to roll their eyes or mutter "Oh this ought to be interesting..." -- but never do -- at least not to her face!
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I LOVED this. It made me laugh right out loud, which is something I plan to do with greater regularity from now on. The quotes are wonderful.
Being a small town girl from Maine, I don’t have a clue what you mean about “Chicago Theatre People”, but I’ll hazard a guess.
Micki, you make me smile. You are a complex and delightful person.
P.S. I, for one, really like your accent. Too bad our blogs aren’t literally heard with our own voices.
I loved this, Micki. I don’t think there’s a person living who doesn’t have a secret or secrets.
This is timely and Marlene Dietrich’s quote made me pause. This past weekend we were reflecting on writing our memoirs. Ask yourself, if you were going to write your memoir, what time of your life would you write about? In the process of thinking about that, you face the revealing of “secrets” – your own and perhaps others. For some insight into secrets, check out this site: http://postsecret.blogspot.com/ Thank you for sharing.