I love getting letters. I always look into my mailbox with this kind of hopefulness (but no expectations) as if it was still the era of sending letters. And I am always thinking to whom I would like to send a letter or a package and I imagine the joy they could have from receiving it.
Yet when it comes to actually getting that letter written/package wrapped up and then actually going to post office and sticking on a stamp it's such a dread to actually make it happen.
The post office is right behind the corner. I have a set of nice cards at home. And even some envelopes.
True, the post office no matter what time of the day I go is always crowded. And there is that reminiscence of irrational post-communist era fear that when dealing with public servants you will do something wrong and they will tell you off or say something unpleasant. Not to mention that horrible sound of post marks being stamped with full force on the envelopes.
But there must be more to it. Is it about writing the perfect letter? Is about the big decision what to put in the package (it must be perfect after all)? Is about that impatience ( I will have to wait so long for the letter to reach its destination)? Or maybe because sending letters and packages feels so real, has its own procedure and pace that you cannot control.
Not that writing e-mails feels any easier, but there is such a difference when you actually write, seal and stamp an envelope. There is a gravity and solemnity to the whole process that sending e-mails will never have.
