1. Use your own handwriting. Chose a tasteful pen. Write slowly.
2. Write for consolation, encouragement, or to share you life with a close friend. Or write strangers whose work you appreciate. I often write musicians, authors, business owners, and others. They almost never write back. The exception is Peter Brötzmann.
3. Ponder and pray before you write. Why be in a hurry? This is not the Internet.
4. Perhaps adorn the card with stickers or your own drawings. There was a “letter art” movement decades ago. We should restart it.
5. Although I always want my cards to be reciprocated in some way, I almost always write more than I am written to–at least since my mother died. If someone never writes back after two or three cards, I usually give up.
6. Be creative in conveying truth and love in this way. It can mean much to many. I know.
Please, please don’t give up. I will reciprocate. Thank you for the opportunity to refresh the parched (Pr 11:25b). I’ve kept all of your encouragements and have so appreciated the thought and care you take.
With the world in a constant hurry to get nowhere, this is GREAT advice! Appreciate you sharing this, Dr. Groothuis.