What If

It's getting more and more difficult for me to listen to pop music now that things like "Anaconda" are plaguing the radio. I actually think that song is kind of catchy, but the lyrics are so horribly sexual that it makes me wonder how society has actually slipped to this level and allowed this stuff to enter the radio waves.

However, there is one song in particular that I really enjoy. It's called "Secrets".

The song is basically the singer spilling out every fear, every insecurity, and every secret that she has about herself. From her weight to her bipolar disorder, she lays everything out on the table. However, the other lyrics are what really hit me the most:

They tell us from the time we're young
To hide the things that we don't like about ourselves
Inside ourselves
I know I'm not the only one
Who's spent so long attempting to be someone else
Well I'm over it

The song then goes into a chorus that reiterates, "I don't care if the world knows what my secrets are."

After listening to this song several times, I have to ask myself something.

What if everyone in the world was open about their own struggles and insecurities? We've all got them. Mine might be different than yours, and on some days you might have bigger struggles than I do (and vice-versa), but they're all there. What if we could tell even our best friends that we're hurting on the inside instead of putting up the front that we normally do?

Just a thought...