What travels the world and stays in one place?
A stamp.

Over the Christmas period I decided to spread the joy, not in the usual way of pouring vodka shots but rather with writing letters. Not emails, not texts, but actually sitting down at a table and writing a card. Okay, I vamped it up a bit, by taking a photo of my friend and I and writing a slogan or a quote we shared; that way I included a card, I brought back a happy memory and made it funny. I sent it to some close friends and others I lost touch with.

At times, I sent it to some friends who I thought would move, and so I am still waiting for a response. Other times I sent a letter out to a friend and have received it shortly after I sent it out. The response has been overwhelming. They loved it.

We hardly write letters anymore. Our culture now serves us instantly that we can email countless times a day and although letters and email are the same concept, receiving a card in the post is leagues ahead. It shows that the person knows you well, a he/she has your address, has gone to the time to make/buy the card and post it. But like a book, it’s the inside that counts. Letters are a lot more personal. You write what you truly feel because you know that it will travel the world and want to make those words worthy. A card reads more like true feelings than an email which includes phrases like ‘hiya – how’s LA? Shopping much? Me, went to sfinakia on sat. Talk ltr. BBM xoxo’ Emails read more like a text than a letter, which is why letters, something tangible and real always put a smile on the receiver.