Half a million secrets | Frank Warren

Translator: Crystal Ye Reviewer: Bighead Ge

Hi, my name is Frank,

大家好，我叫 Frank

and I collect secrets.

我收集人哋嘅秘密

It all started with a crazy idea

而一切都源於我 2004 年 11 月一個瘋狂嘅諗法

in November of 2004.

I printed up 3,000 self-addressed postcards,

我當時打印咗三千張 已經印好回郵地址嘅明信片

just like this.

就好似呢張一樣咁

They were blank on one side,

呢啲明信片一面係空白嘅

and on the other side

而另一面有啲簡單指引

I listed some simple instructions.

I asked people to anonymously share an artful secret

我叫每個人匿名寫上 一個佢哋從未話過俾人知嘅秘密

they'd never told anyone before.

And I handed out these postcards randomly

而我喺華盛頓街頭 隨機派發呢啲明信片

on the streets of Washington, D.C.,

not knowing what to expect.

當時我都唔知結果會點

But soon the idea began spreading virally.

但無幾耐呢個主意非常快傳出去

People began to buy their own postcards

大家開始買同整自己嘅明信片

and make their own postcards.

I started receiving secrets in my home mailbox,

我開始喺我屋企信箱收到明信片

not just with postmarks from Washington, D.C.,

唔單只嚟自華盛頓

but from Texas, California,

仲有德州、加州、溫哥華

Vancouver, New Zealand, Iraq.

紐西蘭、伊拉克呢啲地方

Soon my crazy idea didn't seem so crazy.

再過多一陣

我呢個瘋狂主意開始無咁瘋狂

PostSecret.com

PostSecret.com 係世界上 最多人訪問嘅零廣告博客

is the most visited advertisement-free blog in the world.

And this is my postcard collection today.

而呢個，就係我目前收集過嘅明信片

You can see my wife

你可以睇到我老婆 好努力咁將一磚明信片

struggling to stack a brick of postcards

on a pyramid of over a half-million secrets.

放上一個有超過 50 萬 秘密明信片金字塔上

What I'd like to do now

而我宜家想做嘅事

is share with you a very special handful of secrets

係同你哋分享嗰啲明信片入邊

from that collection,

一啲非常特別嘅秘密

starting with this one.

我哋從呢個開始啦

"I found these stamps as a child,

「我細個揾到呢啲郵票。

and I have been waiting all my life

我等咗一世人，

to have someone to send them to.

去等我可以將郵票寄俾某個人。

I never did have someone."

而我一直都無等到呢個人。」

Secrets can take many forms.

秘密有好多種形態

They can be shocking

可以係驚訝嘅、傻奸奸嘅 或者震撼人心嘅

or silly or soulful.

They can connect us to our deepest humanity

秘密可以將我哋連接到人性最深處

or with people we'll never meet.

或者將我哋連到去從來未見過嘅人

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

Maybe one of you sent this one in.

可能你哋中間有一個人 寄咗呢張俾我

I don't know.

我唔知

This one does a great job of demonstrating

呢張明信片證明咗

the creativity that people have

當人整明信片俾我時 可以有嘅創作力量

when they make and mail me a postcard.

This one obviously was made out of half a Starbucks cup

呢個好明顯用半個星巴克咖啡杯整

with a stamp and my home address written on the other side.

杯嘅另一面係一張郵票加我屋企地址

"Dear Birthmother, I have great parents.

「親愛嘅生母，我有好好嘅養父母，

I've found love. I'm happy."

我搵到愛，我非常開心。」

Secrets can remind us of the countless human dramas,

秘密可以令我哋諗起

of frailty and heroism,

無數同脆弱或者英雄主義有關

playing out silently

而又無聲無色喺身邊發生嘅人生戲劇

in the lives of people all around us

even now.

即使係今時今日亦都一樣

"Everyone who knew me before 9/11

「所有喺九一一之前識得我嘅人，

believes I'm dead."

都以為我死咗。」

"I used to work with a bunch of uptight religious people,

「我曾經同一班 好嚴謹嘅宗教人士一齊工作，

so sometimes I didn't wear panties,

所以我有時會唔著底褲，

and just had a big smile and chuckled to myself."

然後對自己偷笑。」

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

This next one takes a little explanation before I share it with you.

跟住呢個，喺分享之前需要講解少少

I love to speak on college campuses

我鐘意去學校演講 同埋同學生分享秘密同故事

and share secrets and the stories with students.

And sometimes afterwards I'll stick around

有時我講完之後 會留喺度簽書、同學生影相

and sign books and take photos with students.

And this next postcard was made

跟住落嚟呢張明信片 就係從其中一張相製作而成

out of one of those photos.

And I should also mention that, just like today,

我同時想講嘅係，好似今日咁

at that PostSecret event,

喺嗰個 PostSecret 活動上 我係用無線咪

I was using a wireless microphone.

"Your mic wasn't off during sound check.

「你嗰咪試音期間無閂到，

We all heard you pee."

所以我哋全部人聽到你屙尿。」

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

This was really embarrassing when it happened,

呢件事發生嘅時候真係好尷尬

until I realized it could have been worse.

不過我意識到其實可能會更加尷尬

Right. You know what I'm saying.

（笑聲）

係唔係？你明我講咩啦

(Laughter)

"Inside this envelope

「呢封信裏邊，

is the ripped up remains

有我一張無用到、撕碎咗嘅 自殺留言紙。

of a suicide note I didn't use.

I feel like the happiest person on Earth (now.)"

我宜家感覺我係世界上最幸福嘅人。」

"One of these men is the father of my son.

「呢張相入面其中一個男人 係我個仔嘅老豆，

He pays me a lot to keep it a secret."

佢俾咗我一大筆錢去保守呢個秘密。」

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

"That Saturday when you wondered where I was,

「你估緊我去邊度嘅嗰個星期六，

well, I was getting your ring.

其實我喺度買戒指俾你。

It's in my pocket right now."

隻戒指宜家喺我衫袋裡面。」

I had this postcard posted on the PostSecret blog

兩年前嘅情人節

two years ago on Valentine's Day.

我將呢張明信片放上 PostSecret 博客上

It was the very bottom, the last secret in the long column.

張明信片喺嗰頁最底、最尾

And it hadn't been up for more than a couple hours

但當呢張明信片只係擺咗幾個鐘

before I received this exuberant email

我就收到寄出呢張明信片嘅男人

from the guy who mailed me this postcard.

發來嘅一封好開心嘅電郵

And he said, "Frank, I've got to share with you

佢話︰「Frank，我一定要同你分享

this story that just played out in my life."

呢件啱啱喺我生命中發生嘅事。

He said, "My knees are still shaking."

佢話︰「我只腳仲有啲震。」

He said, "For three years, my girlfriend and I,

佢話，「三年嚟，女朋友同我

we've made it this Sunday morning ritual

習慣禮拜日朝早 一齊去睇 PostSecret 博客，

to visit the PostSecret blog together

and read the secrets out loud.

同埋一齊大聲讀出上面嘅秘密。

I read some to her, she reads some to me."

我讀俾佢聽，佢又讀俾我聽。」

He says, "It's really brought us closer together

佢跟住講，「咁多年嚟，

through the years.

呢個習慣令我哋更加親密。

And so when I discovered

所以當我發覺

that you had posted

你將我對女朋友驚喜求婚嘅明信片 擺咗喺博客嘅最尾時，

my surprise proposal to my girlfriend at the very bottom,

I was beside myself.

我真係唔知點算。

And I tried to act calm, not to give anything away.

所以我嘗試表現得好冷靜，

一句關於求婚嘅事都冇講。

And just like every Sunday,

然後就好似每個禮拜日咁，

we started reading the secrets out loud to each other."

我哋開始互相大聲讀出一啲秘密。」

He said, "But this time it seemed like it was taking her forever

佢話︰「但呢次我女朋友 讀出秘密都讀得特別慢。」

to get through each one."

But she finally did.

但最終女朋友都讀曬

She got to that bottom secret, his proposal to her.

然後嚟到最尾一個秘密

關於佢對女朋友求婚一事

And he said, "She read it once and then she read it again."

個男人話︰

「我女朋友讀完呢個秘密一次，

又讀多一次。」

And she turned to him and said,

然後女朋友轉身對住佢講

"Is that our cat?"

「唔係我哋嘅貓咩？」

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

And when she saw him,

當女朋友轉身見到佢嘅時候 佢已經單膝跪係度，攞出戒指

he was down on one knee, he had the ring out.

He popped the question, she said yes. It was a very happy ending.

問咗嗰個問題，女朋友應承咗

最尾大團圓結局

So I emailed him back

所以我回覆佢話︰

and I said, "Please share with me an image, something,

「唔該寄畀我一張相，或者乜都好，

that I can share with the whole PostSecret community

我想將呢件事同 成個 PostSecret 社區分享，

and let everyone know your fairy tale ending."

等大家知道你哋個童話故事結局。」

And he emailed me this picture.

然後佢寄咗呢張相畀我

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

"I found your camera at Lollapalooza this summer.

「我喺 Lollapalooza 揾到你部相機，

I finally got the pictures developed

我終於晒咗裏面啲相，

and I'd love to give them to you."

希望可以將啲相畀返你。」

This picture never got returned back

呢啲相一直都返唔到 唔見咗呢啲相嘅人度

to the people who lost it,

but this secret has impacted many lives,

但呢個秘密影響咗好多人

starting with a student up in Canada

包括有一個加拿大學生 Matty

named Matty.

Matty was inspired by that secret

Matty 被呢個秘密啟發

to start his own website,

佢創立自己一個網站 叫 IFoundYourCamera

a website called IFoundYourCamera.

Matty invites people

Matty 邀請大家

to mail him digital cameras that they've found,

將街上執到嘅數碼相機 同有著相片、但遺失咗嘅 USB

memory sticks that have been lost

with orphan photos.

都寄比佢

And Matty takes the pictures off these cameras

Matty 將呢啲相過到嚟電腦

and posts them on his website every week.

每個星期都將啲相擺喺佢嘅網站

And people come to visit

然之後人哋就上佢個網站 睇下有無佢哋唔見咗嘅相

to see if they can identify a picture they've lost

or help somebody else get the photos back to them

或者幫人哋揾返 佢哋好迫切要揾返嘅相

that they might be desperately searching for.

This one's my favorite.

呢張係我最鍾意嘅

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

Matty has found this ingenious way

Matty 揾到呢種普通嘅方法 同埋利用陌生人嘅善意

to leverage the kindness of strangers.

And it might seem like a simple idea, and it is,

雖然個意念簡單 不過就對人嘅生活有好大影響

but the impact it can have on people's lives can be huge.

Matty shared with me

Matty 同我分享

an emotional email he received

呢張相裡面嘅媽媽發嚟嘅 一封非常感人嘅郵件

from the mother in that picture.

"That's me, my husband and son.

「呢個係我，我老公，同我個仔。

The other pictures are of my very ill grandmother.

其他相係我大病嘅嫲嫲。

Thank you for making your site.

多謝你創建呢個網站，

These pictures mean more to me than you know.

呢啲相對於我嘅意義大到你估唔到。

My son's birth is on this camera.

相機裡面有我仔仔出世嘅相。

He turns four tomorrow."

佢聽日就四歲生日啦。」

Every picture that you see there

你哋呢度見到嘅相同埋其他幾千張 都返返去唔見咗相嘅人度

and thousands of others

have been returned back to the person who lost it --

sometimes crossing oceans,

有時要穿洋過海

sometimes going through language barriers.

有時仲要跨過語言障礙

This is the last postcard I have to share with you today.

呢張係我今日最後想分享嘅一張明信片

"When people I love

「當我愛嘅人喺我手機裡面 留低語音留言時，

leave voicemails on my phone

I always save them in case they die tomorrow

我會存低，因為怕佢哋某一日離世，

and I have no other way

而我再無辦法聽到佢哋把聲。」

of hearing their voice ever again."

When I posted this secret,

當我分享呢個秘密時

dozens of people

有好多人將佢哋手機裡面嘅 語音留言傳過來

sent voicemail messages from their phones,

sometimes ones they'd been keeping for years,

當中有啲留言甚至係佢哋擺咗好多年

messages from family or friends

都係一啲逝去嘅親人、朋友嘅信息

who had died.

They said that by preserving those voices

佢哋話，保留呢啲聲音同分享呢啲聲音

and sharing them,

it helped them keep the spirit of their loved ones alive.

其實係延續心愛嘅人嘅精神

One young girl

有一個後生女發佈咗 佢嫲嫲留畀佢最後一條語音留言

posted the last message

she ever heard from her grandmother.

Secrets can take many forms.

秘密有好多種形態

They can be shocking or silly

佢哋可以係震撼或者傻傻地嘅

or soulful.

亦可以係觸動人心

秘密可以將我哋連接到 心入邊最深處嘅人性

They can connect us with our deepest humanity

or with people we'll never meet again.

或者連接到我哋再無可能見到嘅人

Voicemail recording: First saved voice message.

語音留言：第一條已儲存語音留言

Grandma: ♫ It's somebody's birthday today ♫

嫲嫲：♫ 係某人生日 ♫

♫ Somebody's birthday today ♫

♫ 某人生日 ♫

♫ The candles are lighted ♫

♫ 蠟燭喺某人嘅蛋糕上被點著 ♫

♫ on somebody's cake ♫

♫ And we're all invited ♫

♫ 我哋都因為某人而被邀請過嚟 ♫

♫ for somebody's sake ♫

You're 21 years old today.

你今日 21 歲啦

Have a real happy birthday, and I love you.

過一個真正開心嘅生日，我愛你

I'll say bye for now.

我講拜拜啦

FW: Thank you.

講者︰多謝

(Applause)

（鼓掌）

Thank you.

多謝

（鼓掌）

(Applause)

June Cohen: Frank, that was beautiful,

主持︰Frank 頭先真係太美麗、太感人啦

so touching.

Have you ever sent yourself a postcard?

你有無試過寄自己一張明信片呢？

Have you ever sent in a secret to PostSecret?

你有無將自己嘅秘密 擺喺 PostSecret 上面呢？

FW: I have one of my own secrets in every book.

講者︰每本書裡面 都有我自己嘅一個秘密

I think in some ways, the reason I started the project,

我覺得我開始呢個計劃

even though I didn't know it at the time,

即使當時我無意識到

was because I was struggling with my own secrets.

係因為我自己唔知 點樣去處理我嘅秘密

And it was through crowd-sourcing,

正係因為大家所有嘅秘密

it was through the kindness that strangers were showing me,

因為陌生人對我表現善意

that I could uncover

我先可以平復我過去難以磨滅嘅事

parts of my past that were haunting me.

JC: And has anyone ever discovered

主持︰咁有無人知道書入邊 邊啲係你嘅秘密呢？

which secret was yours in the book?

Has anyone in your life been able to tell?

有無人講得出你嘅秘密呢？

FW: Sometimes I share that information, yeah.

講者︰會呀。我有時都會分享下架！

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

(Applause)

（鼓掌）