After the initial freak out I read the letter again and took it for its face value: a fan letter. Before the letter, I had contemplated writing again but just didn't have enough motivation. I had even started to write a couple of post but never got around finishing them and figured no one was missing them either. But I was wrong, I had at least one person who was reading, and I decided to finish writing a post I had started writing about a year before. I posted the article and a comment on facebook and got a second letter thanking me for the post and assuring me that they were just a fan and that that was going to be their last letter to me.
Never in a million years would I have imagined to get such a letter. In my world I was just writing to write and expressing myself to...well...myself. I had a thought and felt like unleashing it. I am very self-conscientious about my technical writing skills. I make grammar mistakes often and write one word when I really mean another one. I can read something five times and it sound perfectly fine to me until I give it to someone to read it and they find a whole can of worms of mistakes. Its because of these reasons I don't post as often. My fear of the grammar police stops me from posting my thoughts. I even got a comment on one of my post saying that I had grammar mistake in my piece about writing lol how ironic.
I had, in part, forgotten about the letters when, while organizing my nightstand the other day, I found them. I read them and again I felt that same encouragement to share my ideas and thoughts, even if I get flagged or ticketed by grammar police. The first blog I posted after the letter was about making our words and thoughts have more value and practicing what I call silent wisdom. I am very particular about sharing my opinion, I always say my thoughts are mine and not everybody should have the privilege of knowing them. I don't say this because I think my thoughts are the best and have a high price to them or anything along those lines, I say it because I enjoy my privacy and we, as a culture, have indulged in the act of over sharing for way too long. Either way this was a thought that really let me know that sharing SOME of my ideas and thoughts could be for the betterment of the greater good.
The "fan" also told me that it was an infrequent church goer however the letter expressed to me characteristic of someone from the bible, Barnabas. Never heard of him, don't sweat it, few notice him. Barnabas is only mentioned a few times in the New Testament but he is believed to have been the first to welcome Paul after his conversion as well as mentoring him for 10 years. He is known as the Son of Encouragement for giving words and support to members of the early church such as Paul and Mark. Although little is known of him, we can see his character and teachings through Paul.
Few people knew of your letters but many people read my blog. I want to thank you for waking me up and adding value to my thoughts by writing that letter to me. I urge you to keep encouraging people around you by seeing their potential and asking them to share it with the word. And to the rest of my readers out there I ask that you do the same to others, you never know what the world might be missing.
Before I end I wish to share this video with you all in hopes that you would do the same as she does
...You're Welcome :)
ReplyDeleteOMG I hadn't seen this! I really want to know who you are! U seem very interesting to me from your letters
DeleteHi Yiry :) At this point, I'd rather stay as anonymous as I've always been. I actually haven't been on this page in a long time, and thought you had given up because of my "creepy" letters. I recently read your April issue. Your mother is a very sweet, and beautiful lady; I've only exchanged brief conversations with her, and in fact, your whole family seems very sweet and kind. God Bless you all, and I really do hope you continue with your writing, and perhaps you'll attract more avid readers, like myself. :)
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