Dear Friend,

One of the unique qualities of a letter is the way it seems to slow down time or even move it in the opposite direction. We can take a moment and breathe words of wisdom, encouragement and recollection.

I would find myself writing more if it wasn't for the expediency of our generation. I realize more and more that a conversation isn't merely waiting for your own turn to speak--it is rather, a chance to learn more about the ones you care about.

The act of conversing and exchanging information ultimately requires a kind of reaction. Being that a letter would require you my dear friend to wait and receive the letter, read the letter, reflect and respond to the letter... The reaction to everything I have shared with you would then be subject to incredible delays.

Which is why my writing letters amongst our more immediate and instant forms of communication has halted...

Realizing this mistake, I undersatnd how much I have come to take our friendship for granted. The fact that our ability to communicate could be totally lost due to an inability or unwillingness to write is absurd and to think it could all go out with the magical forces of electricity which holds us all together.

This intricate universe we call the "web" I have come to discern as a world that makes thinner, less solid relationships... Not stronger ones...

Among the old fashioned letter, the phone call is also being lost...

I conclude then with a charge to be more "intentional" with my relationships. It is no excuse to not speak with someone simply because he or she is not "online"

It is our intensional and purpose driven conversations that lasts a life time...

It is my hope that you are in good health and to hear from you soon...

Always your friend,

~Rob

"My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer."