"How pen pals become something more"

"How pen pals become something more"

Recently I have asked a friend of mine I encountered to challenge me and pick a topic for me to write about. And my new friend was willing and kind enough to oblige! J The above paragraph is what he came up with and I took the bull by the horns and jumped on the wagon and begin my writing and typing away…..

Here is what my solution to his posing question/statement sounds like:

Another great topic!!

I have decided to make this article sort and sweet for no real apparent reason! J

What shall we start with?

Let us begin by answering a couple of questions first:

ü Have you been there before?

ü Have you done this before?

ü Have you experienced it before?

ü Have you been a pen friend to someone?

ü What are the pros and the cons?

Pen pals / friends can take many forms. From sending and posting each other letters, they can exchange e-mails, they can write cards to one another, to ‘chatting’ together through and via text messaging or chat windows online, skype calls, phone conversations…

This list is literally limitless.

To me, the main aspect of that sort of communicating represents a mutual respect and understanding. Getting to know each other and knowing theirs interests, being truly interested in them as a person, asking questions that make one another comfortable, showing real interest in helping them in any way possible and honestly listen to / for what is being said, ‘hear’ and read between the lines everything in between. 

Not pushing into something and saying things that may hurt or upset the other person while still being open enough to their hearts and minds at the same time. 

There can, also, be a soul connection that has a significant and profound meaning and that teaches lessons to both parties participating that each of them needs to learn in order to better themselves, in any and every way! Be open, and you will surely sooner or later find it! Each of them has anything to contribute, no matter how small or unimportant it may at first seem!

At The Very moment they ‘connect’, there is a reason, there is a purpose.

They each can be a true gem to one another and a stimulation at the end of the busy day, while still in your own company, and thinking of the other person at the other end of communication, be it a letter, a note, a card, a phone call, an e-mail, a chat, a text message, etc. etc.

Responding back (and forth!) and ‘being truly there’ shows respect for the person while respecting yourself and showing care for yourself, as well. You yourself prove that you have integrity of its own enough to go and pursue friendship that may (or may not) ever lead to a physical face-to-face meeting in a real time & at the real place and fulfilling states / feelings.

It is what you make of it.

The benefits that you bring to it and what you take away from it are up to you only. And your pen pal / pen friend, of course! Certainly, the friendship can blossom into a deeper kind of relationship that improve as much as and as along as the both people – friends – involved in it evolve and grow, both mentally and spiritually. This fact alone is far from too minor not to go ahead. Close to nothing does not suit and fit there!

Patience is a virtue.

And the time will tell….

What are your views on the today’s subject??

Thank you for reading this post, My Dear Friend!!