I recently heard something unsettling.

Someone discovered, while repairing a photocopier, that from the very first day it was used,  the machine had been quietly recording every document ever scanned or copied.  Later, they realized shredders do the same.

That’s when it hit me: Secrets were never really secrets.

They’re always there.  You just haven’t noticed them yet.  And the moment you do, they stop hiding.

We like to believe that deleting files, shredding paper, or swallowing words makes things disappear.  But time isn’t an eraser.  Time is a light.

When the light turns on,  everything that was covered eventually shows itself.

That’s why an old saying keeps making sense to me:  There is always something watching above us.  Not because of superstition,  but because the world remembers.

Given enough time,  everything hidden will be laid out in the sun.  Not to judge,  but to return things to what they truly are.

So maybe life doesn’t require that much fear.  If you live openly, time has nothing to threaten you with.

Because what’s truly frightening isn’t exposure, it’s the moment you can’t face yourself.



—— XC Scribbles · 壹佰零參 CIII ☀️