Sometimes, “words that don’t arrive immediately” are more important | Inconvenience #7

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⏰Machine vs 🌅Nature (#6) (#8) 💻online vs 👪meeting in person

Stop the instant replies and try writing a letter

—— In the “interval” until words arrive, the heart resides

We demand replies far too quickly.

LINE
Email
Notifications
Read receipts.

In a world where words fly back and forth instantly, we sometimes lose sight of where our true feelings lie.

That is why I decided to write a letter.
Instead of email,
I chose handwritten stationery.
The recipient was a friend from my student days.
We had grown a bit distant lately.

I didn't know what to write, but
as I slowly moved my pen,
the words began to unravel.
My recent life,
old trips I suddenly remembered,
things I couldn't say back then.

Sealing it,
affixing a stamp,
and dropping it in the mailbox.
In that simple act,
for some reason,
a feeling like a small prayer
dwelled.

The reply didn't come right away.
But that“time spent waiting”wasn't bad.

The words I sent
slowly settling into someone else's life.
Just imagining that
made my heart feel soft.

A week later

A reply on stationery arrived from him.
His handwriting was a bit messy,
but it was just as it used to be.

In it,
there was news of his life I didn't know,
“Letters are a wonderful thing,”
was all he added.

Not getting an immediate reply
is never a bad thing.

There is
“a warmth that comes from taking time”there.

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