It seems
that no one knows how to keep a secret these days. Today we are inundated with technology. Everyone wants to be the first to know
something, the first to post on Facebook, the first to Tweet, Instagram or Pin
It – the faster the better. Electronic
gossiping/sharing is addicting across the board, no matter how young or how old
you are. You can get hooked peeking into
someone else’s life. Today, one simple
text between friends is immediately public knowledge. The art of keeping a secret is unknown to
this generation who thrives on instant feedback.
How does
this topic tie into my forthcoming book, A
Rose for Sergei? The fact that I am
finally writing about Sergei Kourdakov 40 years later is hard for many to grasp. It is especially hard for the “right now” generation.
I will say that there were a few instances
immediately after Sergei’s death that I did try to talk about him. If a person was unfamiliar with his story, I
found it raised a lot of questions. I
couldn’t just say “he died mysteriously.”
People wanted to know the whole story and I didn’t know the whole
story. I found it easier to say nothing
because it was heart breaking.
It was my
choice to keep this story close to my heart . . . and so I did. Keeping something private was also easier to
do at that time. It was before cell
phones, personal computers, and the Internet.
It was a time before instant sharing, reality TV and blogging. It was a time when you knew how to keep a
secret.
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