Five Reasons Why You Should Send Handwritten Letters To Your Loved Ones
The age-old custom of letter writing is on the verge of facing extinction, but it does not have to be that way.
For writing letters, you don’t need a smartphone, tablet, or any other electronic gadget — just a trusty pen and a plain sheet of paper are enough. Maintaining correspondence with family and friends through snail mail is a fulfilling way of staying in touch. The instant access to messaging apps has made letter writing obsolete. But handwritten letters are therapeutic and are more expressive. The (almost) extinct form of showing care and affection deserves a reprise. Check out five reasons why you should send handwritten letters to your loved ones more often.
It emphasizes the significance of a relationship.
If you are making time to write and send a thoughtful letter to someone, it shows you care and cherish that relationship and that you are interested in investing in it. It can help strengthen your bond and affection for someone you love.
Letters can bring intimacy to long-distance relationships
You can experience a different kind of closeness after receiving a letter and from someone you adore. The feeling of touching someone's handwriting is mystifying and can draw you closer to someone.
The message becomes more meaningful.
Manually penning down your thoughts to your loved ones can offer more clarity to what you wish to express. Focus your attention on the recipient of your letter: What things you love about them and the good memories you have with them, the commonalities, and so on - to carefully reflect on what you wish to share with them about yourself. It adds more meaning to the message that you want to convey.
It can be a wonderful surprise for the recipient.
Remember when you were younger and receiving mail was exciting? You never knew who would write to you. As an adult, you probably only receive a pile of bills now. But you can rescue your loved ones from the drudgery of boring modern-day mail by putting something exciting in their mailbox to make their day.
Handwritten letters are sometimes preserved as memorabilia
Sending handwritten letters to your friends and family is like sending a part of yourself to the recipient. It takes a considerable amount of effort to craft a letter, and you can send that emotional energy with the letter. Sometimes people carefully preserve handwritten letters because they are more than just a note. They are a gift.
Without further ado, sit down with a pen and paper and start writing to your far-away friends and family to let them know how much they mean to you.
