You see...to everyone it's as easy as saying whats on your mind or writing down what's on your heart....See...It's not as easy as that....I mean think about it....How many times have we had some deep, dark secret that we just HAD to tell somebody....Now, if it was just the mere act of expression that was central, then why not just talk to the wall?...No, even better...Why not just THINK about the words instad of saying them?...In the scenario, there is this urge to express yourself...Through thought, you're expressing yourself TO yoursself...But no, thats not enough...There seems to be an almost subconcious notion that there's no point in knowing if your allowed to say it....
So then we go back to talking to the wall....But no, thats not enough...there's no sense of closure...There is no sense of accomplishing something unless you tell another person...No matter what the topic is...You always HAVE to tell someone....And at times, it doesn't even matter WHO it is...There is no importance in WHO hears us, but as long as it is heard....So then we see that expression really isn't as simple as it sounds...We see that its almost a psychological effort in order to keep some form of mental stability and peace....
But now, here is the part that REALLY changes things....We've established that we have to tell someone, doesn't matter who...But we have to tell SOMEBODY...So how, then, does that relate to writing things down?...One could have a whole closet full of secrets and want to tell someone...So they invest into a diary, as all of us have done with Diaryland, and "tell" the diary what's on our mind....
But the diary is just as inanimate as the wall, right?...Maybe, though we choose to keep it private and stashed somewhere under the bed, there's a part of us that kind of WANTS it to be read...Maybe that little sliver of "hope" is just enough for our conscience to be set to ease as it becomes content with the idea someone finding the little writings....So then when we say Dear Diary..., we're really meaning To whom this may concern...Don't believe me?...Most cases out of ten, you've come across this entry because you have an account with Diaryland as well...You know it's online for everyone to read...Heck, you're entries are probably written less to the diary itself and more to those who read it....
So you see, no matter how you cut it...There is this intrinsic drive within us to tell someone...Of course there are those of us who can keep secrets better than others, and there are those who even hardly have the urge...But those are the variable to the norm....For the most part...We have this imbedded and intuitive want to tell SOMETHING to SOMEONE...and the more taboo the better, but thats a whole other entry....But yes, we actually WANT to tell someone, we actually WANT to get it out...Inanimate objects?...they only serve as a messengers to those we say we don't want to read, but really know we do....
So why do we have to go through all the trouble of biting our tongue?...Why do we have to go through the process of pulling someone to the side and hiding and the "I shoudln't tell you but..." and all that nonsense?...Why don't we just walk up to the person and tell them flat-out what we gotta say?...It'd be alot easier...It'd save a lot of trouble...You see, it's not as easy as we thought...the whole concept of expression and all it entails really is a little more complex after all...Why DON'T we just tell and get it over with...It was meant for them to find out anyway, right?....
Well that's easy...It's just 'cause like anything else we choose to keep to ourselves...We don't want them to know......