It is where you are at the time!
I have started this particular post at least three times and through one error or another I have not finished. This time I will. Just recently I was reminded of how we interpret things in our life by where we are emotionally at the time they happen. Something as simple as a comment from someone, a look from someone or a letter or card from someone can affect me in varied ways depending on where I am emotionally at the time I receive them.
For example, I could receive a card or letter from someone and at the time I receive it I am in a good place and it brings a response of gratitude and appreciation. If by chance I have kept it and bring it out at a time when, lets say I am in an emotional low spot, like maybe a garbage dump life situation, and I read it and it gives me such comfort, brings a smile to my face and my heart and a laugh to my soul it is not to diminish the importance of the letter. It is more a reaction to the sender not the letter itself.
The written word is very powerful but more powerful than the word itself is the person who writes them. I feel they are extensions of the author just as the spoken word is. There is something a little freeing in the written word that allows me to say things in print I can not bring myself to say Face to Face. Maybe there is comfort in not having to look upon another person and witness their reaction especially if it may not be what I would expect. The possibility of rejection and ridicule are present but I do not have to see it with my own eyes.
I think the written word is a very wonderful and priceless form of communication and I plan on doing more of it in addition to the electronic version of the written word. Who knows, maybe next time I get in the trunk I will bring a box of stationary and a roll of stamps with me.
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For example, I could receive a card or letter from someone and at the time I receive it I am in a good place and it brings a response of gratitude and appreciation. If by chance I have kept it and bring it out at a time when, lets say I am in an emotional low spot, like maybe a garbage dump life situation, and I read it and it gives me such comfort, brings a smile to my face and my heart and a laugh to my soul it is not to diminish the importance of the letter. It is more a reaction to the sender not the letter itself.
The written word is very powerful but more powerful than the word itself is the person who writes them. I feel they are extensions of the author just as the spoken word is. There is something a little freeing in the written word that allows me to say things in print I can not bring myself to say Face to Face. Maybe there is comfort in not having to look upon another person and witness their reaction especially if it may not be what I would expect. The possibility of rejection and ridicule are present but I do not have to see it with my own eyes.
I think the written word is a very wonderful and priceless form of communication and I plan on doing more of it in addition to the electronic version of the written word. Who knows, maybe next time I get in the trunk I will bring a box of stationary and a roll of stamps with me.
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