The letter you write

Correspondence is talk upon paper, and like talk it reveals your personality. Your letter carries with it not only the message you want it to convey, but another very definite message about yourself. Letter-writing is first of all a gift. But it is also an art to be cultivated and developed.

Those who lament (and MMJ is one) the "lost art of letter-writing" do not realize that the art has not been lost - it has simply changed form. Now it's a quick email, a cell phone call to convey our message. There exists today a greater need for mastery in letter-writing than ever before. The busier and more complex life becomes, the greater grows this need.

So take make a cup of tea or pour a glass of wine, pull out your finest stationary and pen that letter you've been meaning to write -- brighten someone's day.

Remember my dears: Miss Mary Jane says, "sit up straight and mind your manners!"

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