Over the Christmas season it is customary to write
and receive a lot of mail; Letters and card from family and friends telling you
about how the past year has gone and what they are currently “up to”. How wonderful to be able to be connected in
that way.
Now that the season is past it tends to get harder
to write letters, but maybe this is a great time to send just a few personal
notes. It can be a good practice for the
month/year. These are not the notes that
go out to everyone, but the notes that allow us to remember why we stay
connected to certain family and friends Each
letter is unique, and it's contents depend upon the recipient and what's going
on in your life
1 – make a list of values that are important to you
that you may share with the person you are writing to. Did you learn these values from them? How do you see these values play out in your
life or theirs?
2 – has this person been a part of any major life
accomplishments? How has that important
to you?
3 – Is there anything this person has done/seen in
their lifetime that you would like to learn about? Are there questions that you could ask about
that event?
4 – Are there resolutions or goals that you have
over the next year that you would like this person to be a part of? How do you see that happening
Just as a side note - you do not have to use all (or any) these
prompts. These are simply a few thoughts
to get you started. If you have some
time – I would suggest sitting down for 10-20 minutes just to brain storm and
get some thoughts on paper before you even start to write the letter.
It is a true gift to receive a letter like this – (as
well as being able to write one) - If you would like to make this practice more of a ritual (or more sacred) check out my next post on the Ritual of Writing.
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