Letter writing has slowly been diminishing itself from our generation and society over the past few years. We’re all so soaked into technology that we haven’t even noticed it disappearing.
Technology has modernised itself so much over the years that we now wholeheartedly rely on it for everything. From sending a text message to taking a photo, it has become the new norm that is naturally indented itself into our daily lives. Not only that, but any induvial is able to talk to anyone from all over the world within seconds.
Though all these advantages are something we depend on greatly, it makes us question what exactly we are losing, forgetting about the art of letter writing is definitely something we are hugely missing out on.
The main reason letter writing is so much more meaningful than sending a single to text message to someone is because of the time and effort is taken. You are taking out a little bit of time out of your perhaps busy schedule to sit down and write to one specific person, you’re writing solely for the benefit of the recipient.
Unexpectedly receiving a lovely, little envelope through the post with your name written on it will no doubt stir up the excitement and curiosity inside you. The intimate and special feeling about knowing that someone has taken the time out of their ‘busy schedule’ to write a handwritten letter and just for you. Then the feeling that comes after; knowing that that specific person has spent that time putting thoughts and feelings on a paper.
The fact that they’ve thought about you specifically and decided to write a handwritten letter sharing their innermost thoughts, worries, problems, and contentment.
Adding on to that, writing a letter doesn’t even have to be full of important news, if you think about it, the hundreds of emails and text messages we send daily are just normal day to day pointless conversations.
But a letter feels so much more personal to receive than receiving so many little texts on an electronic that would soon be forgotten as more conversations are sent. That message would be lost, leaving you to scroll and scroll and scroll endlessly for hours until you find it again.
The relishing feeling of one day finding a box full of several letters that was solely written for you is something that is much more nostalgic than scrolling through your past messages.
This is another major reason why letter writing is by far the most crucial reason why it mustn’t be disregarded and left behind in the past.
No matter what, we should strive for it to continue by our sides and into future generations, not only would it be beneficial for us as a keepsake but future generations could read these lost treasures and understand the life that a specific generation had, how society changed, and what life was like.
Don’t forget that, without letters written between various individuals or diaries being kept, we wouldn’t know half as much about their lives. Anne Frank, who was famous for keeping a diary of her experiences as a Jewish victim of the Holocaust has been a popular and moving subject of history that has been taught throughout the years of education, providing us with information and understanding of what previous life before ours was like and how every single person has emotions and stories of their own.
If we hadn’t learnt been able to keep and salvaged these precious little treasures of our history then we’d be living on a rock like robots with nothing but being blinded by their own existence.
When you read a letter, whether it is written personally to you or a published letter from a significant figure in history, it’s as if their own words are practically jumping off the page. Every sentence is filled with so much empowerment that you’re left speechless, you’re touched whether it’s a positive or negative topic, it is truly eye-opening how words on a piece of paper hold so much more accountability and influence on a person than a text message.
Technology can just as quickly disappear as it began and so having letters and other memorable items can keep our past secure and strong for future generations. Taking a photo, sending a message, or an email can all be gone in a blink of an eye and you’d be left with nothing but a pointless device.
The information that you wholly trust to share with a device to send photos can swim through so many networks at once that when you think you’re privately sending it a specific person, instead it is permanently kept against your knowledge and no matter the enticing option to press ‘delete’ to psychologically help you sleep peacefully at night, it is always going to exist on the internet forever.
So that one private message or photo you sent, is kept as a track and so that dear keepsake of yours will always exist against your will on the internet.
Not only is letter writing worthwhile towards learning about society and people, there’s also many ways letter writing nowadays currently helps the people that need companionship.
The charity; ‘Samaritans’ is a lifechanging opportunity for those who really need someone to talk to, their overall target is to provide aid someone who desperately requires company.
They’re only a letter away!
They encourage you to write a letter ‘regardless of any grammar, spelling, or the quality of your handwriting. You can write freely. Without the embarrassment of fear of being judged.’
These incredible Samaritans are ‘here, day or night, for anyone who’s struggling to cope and needs someone to listen to without judgement or pressure.’
They give people ways to cope and the skills to be there for others, they encourage, promote, and celebrate those little moments of connection between people that can save lives.
“I’ve learned so much about life and people. It’s humbling and rewarding to be able to help in some small way by being there for people who need us,” Lynsey a Samaritans volunteer.
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