In the days of cell phones, email, and text messages, letter writing can seem incredibly outdated. But it’s an art worth bringing back. Not because of some misplaced sense of nostalgia but simply because writing letters will always offer an experience that modern technology cannot touch. Twitter is effective for broadcasting what you’re eating for dinner and email is fantastic for quick exchanges on the most pertinent pieces of information. But when it comes to sharing one’s true thoughts, sincere sympathies, and deepest gratitude, words traveling along an invisible superhighway will never suffice. Why?
Because sending a letter is the next best thing to showing up personally at someone’s door. Ink from your pen touches the stationary, your fingers touch the paper, your hands seals the envelope. Something tangible from your world travels through machines and hands, and deposits itself into another’s mailbox. Your letter is then carried inside as an invited guest. The paper that was sitting at your desk, now sits on another’s hands. It is then that the recipient handles the paper that you handled and reads your thoughts word by word. Letters create a connection that modern, impersonal forms of communication will never approach. With that mentioned, one of the most simple yet profound and meaningful acts that one can do to uplift someone is write them a letter or card. Which is just what the students of Adelphi University did for our deployed troops this last week. Take a peek at all their hard work...Thanks again Adelphi Alumni for all your work :)
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