Let’s say you have a friend named Selina and you decide to write her a letter. Who are you really writing to in that letter?
When you think about someone your mind normally presents an image of that person in the flesh. But that isn’t who you are writing to. You’re writing to the real Selina who is invisible. Let me explain.
Selina’s physical body depends on nourishment in the form of food and rest (and sunshine). Your words can’t feed Selina’s physical body. Not directly, anyway. But your words can feed her inner person. Encouraging her, informing her of news, making her laugh, etc. all affect Selina’s soul. And since Selina’s body exists to express the inner Selina, whatever is affecting her inwardly will eventually show outwardly.
You can literally write a diet for a person’s soul health, influencing their attitude toward themselves, you, others, and the world. The very physicality of your letter carries signals of care and love that penetrate beneath a person’s skin, warming them and lifting their spirits.
Now, go write a letter to change someone’s day.
To your card giving,
Grace Arant
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