The lost Art of Love Letters...

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So many blogs have been written about this topic but go on anyways.... this is what i have to say :)

I was having my normal coffee time( at a fab and quaint coffee shop mocha and co.) today. ...was browsing on the the latest trends and partly reading on some articles on Red magazine and found an interesting read.  The lost art of love letters... unfortunately forgot the writer's name .

 Anyway, was struck by the realization that we have indeed lost  writing love letters! Technology took over, (not always a good thing) now  we have lost the romantic way of expressing our thoughts and feelings! we are in the world of texting, emailing, and other "techie way" of doing things...and how we deliver the words even.  Text message/s like MSULKECRZ ( miss u like crazy )  O4U ( only for you )  MT ME L8R  ( meet me later ) .... no hint of romance isn't it?.... simply awful. At this day and age we have relationships built in the Internet Chat rooms, Social networks and Mobile. Well why would you bother with pen and paper while you can just type and click and send in a matter of seconds ? There's even no need to be conscious and have after thoughts on the words because hey there's the spell check button right there! ... easy, breezy.  Gone were the days of perfumed scented paper, the perfect hand writing and the elaborate words of affection to the one you love.

 You can probably tell by now that  I am such a romantic. That is why  I am affected by this  in the first place. I love poetry, i write poems. I have received and sent handwritten letters in my time.. and I am not that old mind you. The feeling that you get from a heartfelt and personal gesture is incomparable to emails and what have you. Knowing that the letter was made with an effort and an amount of time was spent is enough to know how you are much thought of and loved. How romantic it is to have touch the paper of what was once touched. To read it over and over again to your heart's content and keep it in some place special and hidden. Can you hold an  email and text messages and keep it hidden in a box?.... yeah in a folder with the rest of your files... and you need  a printer for that. Just like a typical mail either to save or delete... how unromantic, more of an office task isn't it?. 

Now you might say how about receiving love letters from someone you don't even care about. There is this icky feeling of disgust i know, but  still  you read it despite the fact before throwing it in the bin... or maybe not, straight to the shredders. Whatever it is you do the mere fact that somebody in this world have thought special about you, that you are highly appreciated, that you caused somebody's sleepless nights is such a good feeling and sometimes overwhelming , that is  if you are not as hard as a rock. The human thing to do is to at least respond and express sincerely how it you truly feel and be honest. You would be such a devil to play on somebody's emotions and humiliate. Don't be such a_____ ( fill in the blanks for the appropriate term).

Writing love letters goes from the days of long distance love affairs and where romance abound. The amount of time waiting for the lover's response and the excitement of writing one back. Write love letters, to the one you love dearly, to your parents and kids. A gesture that would bring a genuine smile to somebody's  face that no amount of text and email can. Start writing today no matter how simple or short, as long as it is sincere and heartfelt. Keep letters and passed it to your children and the next. Valentines day is fast approaching.. it is a perfect time. Bring back the passion of self- expression and poetry..... it is never too late!. Spread the Love!

Famous love letter by Napoleon Bonaparte

In addition to being a brilliant military mind and feared ruler, Napoleon Bonaparte (1763 - 1821) was a prolific writer of letters. He reportedly wrote as many as 75,000 letters in his lifetime, many of them to his beautiful wife, Josephine, both before and during their marriage. This letter, written just prior to their 1796 wedding, shows surprising tenderness and emotion from the future emperor.

Paris, December 1795

I wake filled with thoughts of you. Your portrait and the intoxicating evening which we spent yesterday have left my senses in turmoil. Sweet, incomparable Josephine, what a strange effect you have on my heart! Are you angry? Do I see you looking sad? Are you worried?... My soul aches with sorrow, and there can be no rest for you lover; but is there still more in store for me when, yielding to the profound feelings which overwhelm me, I draw from your lips, from your heart a love which consumes me with fire? Ah! it was last night that I fully realized how false an image of you your portrait gives!

You are leaving at noon; I shall see you in three hours.

Until then, mio dolce amor, a thousand kisses; but give me none in return, for they set my blood on fire.

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