TheLettertoaFriend（RediscoveringFriendshipThroughWords）

Foreword:

Inaworldfilledwithtechnology,it'seasytoforgetthepowerofwrittenwords.Asimplelettercanholdsomuchmeaning,somuchdepth,andsomuchemotion.It'sawayofconnectingwithsomeoneinawaythatcan'tbematchedbyatextmessageoranemail.Andthat'sexactlywhatIdiscoveredwhenIdecidedtowritealettertoanoldfriend.Ihadn'tseenmyfriend,Sarah,inyears.Wehadlosttouchaftershemovedawaytoattendcollegeinanotherstate.Butrecently,IstumbleduponanoldphotoofusanddecidedtoreachouttoherthroughFacebook.Weexchangedafewmessages,catchinguponeachother'slives.Itwasgoodtohearfromherandtoknowthatshewasdoingwell.Butitwasn'tuntilshementionedhowmuchshemissedourconversationsthatIrealizedhowmuchImissedourfriendshiptoo.

That'swhenIdecidedtowriteheraletter.IwantedtoputintowordsallthethingsIhadbeenfeeling,allthememoriesweshared,andallthehopesIhadforourfuturefriendship.Ispenthourswriting,pouringmyheartoutontothepages.Iwantedeverywordtoconveythedepthofmyfeelingsforher,toexpresshowmuchshemeanttome,andtoletherknowthatnomatterhowmuchtimehadpassed,ourfriendshipwasstillimportanttome.WhenIfinished,Isealedtheenvelope,placedastamponit,andsentitoff.Thewaitingwasagonizing.Ikeptcheckingthemailboxeveryday,hopingforareply.Daysturnedintoweeks,andIwasstartingtolosehope.Maybeshedidn'treceivetheletter?Maybeshedidn'tcare?Butthen,justwhenIhadgivenup,theletterarrived.

AsIopenedit,Ifeltawaveofemotionwashoverme.There,inherownhandwriting,wasaresponsetomyletter.Shethankedmefortakingthetimetowritetoher,andthensharedherownthoughtsandfeelingswithme.Readingherwordsbroughttearstomyeyes.Itwaslikewewerebackincollege,sittinginourdormroom,talkingabouteverythingandnothingatall.Ourfriendshiphadbeenreignitedbyasimpleletter.Wecontinuedtowritebackandforth,sharingstories,memories,andadvice.Itwaslikewehadneverbeenapart.Wemadeplanstovisiteachothersoon,tocatchupinpersonandtomakenewmemories.Butitwasn'tjustourfriendshipthathadbeenreignitedbytheletter.Ialsodiscoveredarenewedloveforwriting.Therewassomethingspecialaboutputtingpentopaper,aboutcraftingsentencesthatconveyedemotionsandexperiences.

Istartedwritingletterstootherfriendsandfamilymembers,takingthetimetoconnectwiththemonadeeperlevel.ItwaslikeIhaddiscoveredanewwayofcommunicating,onethatallowedmetoexpressmyselfinawaythatcouldn'tbecapturedbyatextmessageoranemail.Anditwasn'tjustmewhofeltthisway.Severalofmyfriendsmentionedhowmuchtheyappreciatedreceivingahandwrittenletterfromme,howitmadethemfeelspecialandloved.Itwaslikewehadallrediscoveredthepowerofwords.Inaworldwhereweareconstantlybombardedwithinformationanddistractions,takingthetimetositdownandwritealetterwasliketakingastepbackintime.Butitwasalsoastepforward.Itwasawayofconnectingwitheachotherinadeeper,moremeaningfulway.Itwasawayofshowingsomeonethattheywereworththetimeandeffortittooktowritealetter.

Anditwasn'tjustaboutreceivingletters.Itwasalsoaboutsendingthem.Takingthetimetoreflectonourrelationships,toexpressourfeelingsandourgratitude,wasawayofstrengtheningthoserelationships.Itwaslikewewerebuildinganetworkofconnections,oneletteratatime.Andeachletterwaslikeapieceofourselvesthatweweresharingwithsomeoneelse.Irealizedthatintoday'sfast-pacedworld,weoftenforgetabouttheimportanceofconnection.Wefocusonproductivity,onefficiency,ongettingthingsdone.Butsometimes,whatweneedmostistoslowdownandconnectwiththepeoplearoundus.Writinglettersallowedmetodojustthat.Itallowedmetoslowdown,toreflect,andtoconnectwithothersinawaythatwasmeaningfulandfulfilling.

So,ifyou'refeelingdisconnectedfromsomeoneyoucareabout,considerwritingthemaletter.Takethetimetoreflectonyourrelationship,toexpressyourfeelings,andtoshowthemhowmuchtheymeantoyou.Andifyoureceivealetter,takethetimetoreaditcarefully,tosavoreachword,andtorespondinkind.Rememberthatthepowerofwordscantranscendtimeanddistance,andthatasimplelettercanreigniteafriendshipthathasbeendormantforyears.AsforSarahandme,wecontinuetowriteletterstoeachother,sharingourlivesandourdreams.AndIknowthatnomatterwherelifetakesus,ourfriendshipwillalwaysbestrengthenedbythepowerofwrittenwords.So,pickupapenandapieceofpaper,andwritealettertosomeoneyoucareabout.Youneverknowwhatkindofconnectionitmightspark.

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