The Mailed Letter

If someone wrote a letter to you what would it say? Not shooting a quick text or message. No FaceTime, face to face or even a telephone call. But actually taking precious time to think, intimately handwrite, lick and attach a postage stamp, and drop it in a mailbox. What would they write about you? In these tech savvy days for a letter to be written in regards to an individual. It’s either really good or really bad. You know what you think about yourself. How you feel about who you are as a human being. The inner peace, love and confidence that you have or don’t. The image that you reveal to the world and the real you. Only you know what you truly feel about you. But what about others? How well do you treat them and what kind of impression do you make with others. No, I’m not talking about haters, the people that love you from a distance without really knowing you. Or the individuals that can care less about even trying to get to know you. I’m talking about the ones that you love and value in your life. The ones who’s opinion really means something to you. The acquaintances that you have who’s relationship is important. Whether it be a big or a small bond. Even the most evil people have someone who’s judgement of them carries weight. Of course we should all live our lives building and loving ourselves. Not spending our time pulling our hair out about what others think about us. As long as we are being true to ourselves and respectful. That should be enough, but is it? Dead or alive, a mailed letter or an obituary. Doesn’t it matter what impression that you leave with someone? When they’re standing over your body or speaking to someone about you. If they mean something to you in any kind of way. Wouldn’t you like positive things to be uttered about you? I believe that our worth is not just self based. But shared with the merit on how we treat and affect others. I don’t know about you but it makes me feel good to know that the word around town or the name, mine, is being spoken highly of. And that goes deeper than a phony one facade or trumped up image. It’s about being truly accountable for who you are. The good, the bad, and the ugly. And when you’re in that place you can’t help but be accountable about how you treat others. It doesn’t mean its always translated or accepted but you did your part. And that is worthy of a letter self addressed for the positive energy that you choose to spread around. I could only work and pray that the feelings my children, loved ones, acquaintances, and even people that I briefly come across have of who I am, is impactful enough for a trip to the mailbox. It should matter to you the conversation that people you feel any kind of love for, are having about you.