Follow your Bliss: As Yet Unwritten

Letters to Juliet, You've got Mail, The Notebook and P.S. I love You. Yes, they all scream chick flicks, sappy and tear-jerker plots. Yet, they all have one common ground. Letters. The timeless art of putting prose on paper.

Oh how I've missed the old school means of communication. Snail mails, handwritten cards, stationaries. Nothing beats the waiting period and build of excitement as you wait for those coveted letters delivered to your doorsteps. And with giddy, unassuming heart, you wait with enthusiasm to hear your last name uttered by Mr. Postman. "You've got mail!" are music notes to anyone's ears. The scent of freshly delivered mail and the eagerness to tear the edge of the envelope to find the content inside; back then, they all seemed mundane and just plain conventional. Yet now, I would gratefully trade a hundred likes on facebook or any social platform for just one handwritten letter addressed to me.

A self-confessed sentinmental, I've kept all those letters, notes and greeting cards sent to me by friends, family and loved ones. I take joy in reading every single one of them until now. Letting them take me back to memory lane, transporting me to places and time when they were written. It felt surreal at times reminiscing the surge of emotions these letters have brought me. The handwritten words evoke sincerity and authenticity of emotions which is so hard to come by in digital exchange.

In a world where nothing seems to last, a text message, 140-character tweet and even a lenghty email; words can be void of meaning and lost in translation. Snail mails and handwritten letters may be a medium not worthy of anyone's attention. Sure enough it is outdated yet it certainly offers an experience which the modern technology will never be able to cater.

"Sending a letter is the next best thing to showing up personally at someone’s door."

People, myself included have ceased writing letters. We became so wedded to modern technology that we fail to savor the joy of writing and receiving handwritten impressions. Admittedly, I still get thrilled whenever I receive a letter on the mail. My eyes would literaly light up at the sight of an envelope with my name typed or handwritten on it. Yes, most of them are bills and marketing notices but there's just something magical about real correspondences. Part of me would like to believe that the desire to write and receive letters is still within us. And it's a form of art that is worth of bringing back.

So I urge you to take the initiative and begin that circle of communication. Strike up a convo with an old friend, write a post card and even a thank you note to your office cleaning lady or to anyone who have shared their time and effort to be of assistance to you. Share your thoughts, ardent love, deepest gratitude and your most sincere symphaties to someone who needs it. You'd be surprised how a small gesture can change someone's day or little did you know, even life.

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