If you're someone who knows me decently well, you would know how much I appreciate words. How I would any day love a card with something written more than any other gift in the world. How I have every right to use the above title . :P
There is something absolutely wonderful about these words. Words that tell you how much you mean to someone. Words that tell you how much someone loves you. Words that try to bring back the old memories though the only way to is to relive the past. Words that try to mend a broken heart. Words that take your breath away. Words that surprise you to no extent. Words that try to compensate for your absence. Words that try to compensate for everything that you could not/may not have thought of. Words that will stay forever with you, in your heart, in your living memory.
I love letters. Especially the handwritten ones. They've got that old-school feeling, you know. That moment when your heart stops when you receive that letter. That moment when you start reading it not knowing where it is going. That spotting a smudged word on the paper cause by the tear of the person who wrote it. That change in the handwriting when it's something different that's written. That feeling of reaching the end after going through a whirl of emotions,incidents, memories. That moment when you see the person's face once you have read the letter. Or the next time you meet them. Something has changed. Both of you know it. But you probably won't speak of it. It's that unspoken agreement.
When I left the people who I love so much to start anew here (hmph! *stupid hyderabad* ) I wrote most of them one. I am not trying to boast here. But there are sooooo many who think writing a letter is for only those who have some sort of literary skills to show off. Not even close. It's about what you feel. That makes up for most of it. The moment your feelings jump out on the paper, the words by themselves arrange themselves into beautiful sentences,maybe a few, maybe so many more. Also, it actually takes guts to write what you feel on a paper. It isn't like saying them, one day you said it, next day its gone. It stays, forever. And probably that's why letters are that worthwhile as well. So that words that were once said and probably are forgotten can be remembered again.
I still remember one of my school classmates writing a letter to her dad who was in rehab for alcohol addiction. He apparently was a well read man unlike her mother and she would often ask for help to frame her sentences but she knew exactly what she wanted to say. And although I am someone who just can never bear grammatical errors, this girl's feelings and intent took me over and God, that probably made me realize how important letters can mean to people more than anything.
I find love letters oh-so-romantic. If I ever got one from someone I loved, I would probably jump through the roof, yeah, those pink teddy bears aren't really that endearing as those feelings that have transformed into that ink on that paper. If and when I ever have a boyfriend, I'm sure as hell gonna be flooding him with letters, each one different from the other and yet flowing with feeling. One of my friends showed me these wonderful set of love letters by Lemony Snicket, ohh I fell for those at that very moment(if only *sigh*)(if you wanna know what i meant http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/328189-i-will-love-you-as-a-thief-loves-a-gallery) I am someone who is completely vulnerable when it comes to writing, I can't not write what I truly feel.
And trust me. The idea of a letter can just never go wrong. If you wanna say something and you write it to them, you can't exactly be interrupted while saying it right? Also, there can be no one who doesn't feel all gooey inside after reading an emotional letter. It changes perspective like crazy. Or maybe strengthens some of them. Try it once. It would be nice to hear a few stories about letter exchanging, Perfect thing for a mushy heart. :P
There is something absolutely wonderful about these words. Words that tell you how much you mean to someone. Words that tell you how much someone loves you. Words that try to bring back the old memories though the only way to is to relive the past. Words that try to mend a broken heart. Words that take your breath away. Words that surprise you to no extent. Words that try to compensate for your absence. Words that try to compensate for everything that you could not/may not have thought of. Words that will stay forever with you, in your heart, in your living memory.
I love letters. Especially the handwritten ones. They've got that old-school feeling, you know. That moment when your heart stops when you receive that letter. That moment when you start reading it not knowing where it is going. That spotting a smudged word on the paper cause by the tear of the person who wrote it. That change in the handwriting when it's something different that's written. That feeling of reaching the end after going through a whirl of emotions,incidents, memories. That moment when you see the person's face once you have read the letter. Or the next time you meet them. Something has changed. Both of you know it. But you probably won't speak of it. It's that unspoken agreement.
When I left the people who I love so much to start anew here (hmph! *stupid hyderabad* ) I wrote most of them one. I am not trying to boast here. But there are sooooo many who think writing a letter is for only those who have some sort of literary skills to show off. Not even close. It's about what you feel. That makes up for most of it. The moment your feelings jump out on the paper, the words by themselves arrange themselves into beautiful sentences,maybe a few, maybe so many more. Also, it actually takes guts to write what you feel on a paper. It isn't like saying them, one day you said it, next day its gone. It stays, forever. And probably that's why letters are that worthwhile as well. So that words that were once said and probably are forgotten can be remembered again.
I still remember one of my school classmates writing a letter to her dad who was in rehab for alcohol addiction. He apparently was a well read man unlike her mother and she would often ask for help to frame her sentences but she knew exactly what she wanted to say. And although I am someone who just can never bear grammatical errors, this girl's feelings and intent took me over and God, that probably made me realize how important letters can mean to people more than anything.
I find love letters oh-so-romantic. If I ever got one from someone I loved, I would probably jump through the roof, yeah, those pink teddy bears aren't really that endearing as those feelings that have transformed into that ink on that paper. If and when I ever have a boyfriend, I'm sure as hell gonna be flooding him with letters, each one different from the other and yet flowing with feeling. One of my friends showed me these wonderful set of love letters by Lemony Snicket, ohh I fell for those at that very moment(if only *sigh*)(if you wanna know what i meant http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/328189-i-will-love-you-as-a-thief-loves-a-gallery) I am someone who is completely vulnerable when it comes to writing, I can't not write what I truly feel.
And trust me. The idea of a letter can just never go wrong. If you wanna say something and you write it to them, you can't exactly be interrupted while saying it right? Also, there can be no one who doesn't feel all gooey inside after reading an emotional letter. It changes perspective like crazy. Or maybe strengthens some of them. Try it once. It would be nice to hear a few stories about letter exchanging, Perfect thing for a mushy heart. :P
