Sunday, 9 December 2012

Post Cards and make people happy !!!!

Little things in our mundane lives can become source of immense joy. Each one of us derives pleasure from different things. For me it could be a simple receiving of a postcard from far off places. I love the whole concept of sending a postcard to a stranger and receiving one from them. Writing whatever you want to make them know about you, your country. The fact that it goes to someone never seen, never known, fascinates me all the more. 
It was some two years back that by sheer luck I got myself to the webpage of postcrossing.com. I always liked writing letters. When I was in school and my sister had joined university, we used to write elaborate letters to each other, sharing the happenings of daily lives, gossiping about people. It used to be almost like a diary maintained of a week, sent to her, with all the intonations intact. Excitement would drown me completely while waiting for her letters. Then came the age of emails and now we have social networking sites. Communication is done so much more faster, who has the time to wait for a letter? Whatsoever it may be but no emails, no text messages can replace the lovely feeling of receiving or sending a handwritten letter or a postcard. It implies that the sender has at least taken the pain to write it, which makes it so much personal, find an envelope and then get it stamped at the nearest post office. 
So I stumbled on this website where complete strangers exchanged postcards. Wow, I thought. I could send postcards to people from countries I have never visited and tell them about my story. I could not wait to get myself registered on it. I had much appreciation for the founder of this website. What a wonderful idea! It is not surprising to see that there are plenty of people who still believe in the traditional old ways of contacting people. This however doesn't mean I would not want to have postcards or letters from my near and dear ones. 
Yesterday while I was busy with my regular work, a postcard got slipped under my door. The swooshing sound of the card made me know instantly that someone in the world had addressed to me his/her postcard. And the yesterday's one was that from Russia, depicting the various types of Russian bread they eat. I was delighted by the new postcard in my collection. I am waiting for many more moments of happiness sent from around the world.

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