A Love Lost
September 28, 2023 11:58 pm Leave your thoughtsHave you written a letter recently? Didn’t think so.
I have. SO nerrrr 😛
I still write letters to people who are living overseas. There are instant messaging platforms and social media; you probably call your friend over the other side of the country to ask them what they think you should wear on a date…BUT the cliche seems true- there is nothing like a real letter in your hands. I’m sure I’ve written about it before, but it’s that time again, because I think it has something that you can’t get with sending a text.
When someone writes you a letter , you get to see their soul on paper. They didn’t use a keyboard or IPAD, which produces fonts that a zillion other people are also using. They’re using their brain and hands to form each letter (even poorly.) They found a pen or pencil and a piece of paper like people have done for hundreds of years before them, and they sat down, put aside some time to think about you, for longer than a a second. It takes forever to actually write anything when you’re used to typing one-liner insults in gaming chats or a quip down the side of a Rumble stream. It even feels strange sometimes to move your hand and grip a pen rather than just push keys.
The mail isn’t perfect either, I’ve found that sending a “parcel”‘often arrives quicker than a letter (depending on where it’s being sent) and it does make you think that it would be far easier to send whatever you’d like to say over an instant message instead. At least you can tell that they received it, you get told “seen,” which gives an added bonus; you can tell when they want to ignore you (Ha!) However, I do think it’s worth it to hold on to some traditions like letter-writing. I even think that writing may become a lost art many years into the future. We have so much technology and more convenient ways to contact people now, and even talks of brain chips to communicate (looking at you, Elon Musk,) who knows how humans will end up communicating?
Digital messages save on space, time and money but it lacks human flare and a personal touch . There is not another letter like it, whatever type of letter you receive. It’s not chat GPT, it’s not a canned response, it’s not a variation of a certain amount of fonts that were available to choose from. It’s personal, unique and just for the person that receives it. I think letter-writing is one of the last skills and forms of communication that has heart.
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