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[bytheletterwriter]

Letter 28

Dear Reader,

[ 1:57 PM ]

[17th January 2020 ]

[  29°C Partly Cloudy ]

I have been really bad to you and I apologize. It’s just that I have been lost. I am not making it up. Please don’t think this is an excuse because it’s not. I really just felt lost. I slept for so long and didn’t get up for anything except if I was forced.

I mostly feel lonely. So many people around me but so lonely? How? I sound ungrateful I have my mom who sees to everything and my family who does everything for me but then why am I like this? I honestly don’t know what I am doing anymore. You must be thinking that I am always unhappy and ranting. See, that’s why I was scared to write to you because maybe I will be writing just another sad letter to you. 

I just want to write something happy to you. I don’t always want to be crying to you.I am so attached to imaginary things. Things that don’t exist. It’s like I have it and don’t. I just want something to be constant. There are so many nice things to see everywhere but why am I not able to see it? Why am I always seeing the glass half empty? Everything just looks so distanced, so far.

I’m so selfish and I always want more and it’s like a kid who just wants what it wants and when I realize I can’t get it, it just makes me hurt so bad. Honestly I I don’t even know what I want. I am just grabbing things in the dark. I really don’t seem to find anything?

I am pouring my heart out to you because people around me see me as a happy and smiling person. I don’t want that image to crack. 

I still haven’t found a secret mid-night-star-gazing friend.

I’ve seen some weird dreams but there seems to be no meaning in them. 

How are you? I hope you’re not feeling lost.

I edited a sky image and made it purple also added a little outline here and there and made the before and after as a gif also, I know I’m late but happy new year.

Your lost friend,

The Letter Writer.

[ 2:40 pm ]

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Bless and you will be blessed... #TheLetterWriter #BeABlessing #FindIt

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Have a great week everyone!!😊😄 #TheLetterWriter #BeTheChangeYouWantToSee #ASmileADayKeepsTheDoctorAway

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The Letter Writer: A Movie Review

If you can get through the misleading cliché introduction to this film, the deep and relatable scenes that occur later will leave you in a state of compassionate self-reflection similar to what many people feel around Christmas time. In the first five minutes we are introduced to a female high school student named Maggy, who is the singer in a band with her attractive boyfriend. We quickly learn about her struggles with grades and her dysfunctional family, losing interest and beginning to predict the outcome of the entire movie.

However, just when we put the film in the category with other predictable teen movies like High School Musical, Mean Girls and every princess movie ever made, there’s a plot twist. Maggy receives a praising and encouraging letter from a man named Sam Worthington, whom she has never heard of. This is where the movie goes from being about petty high school problems, to relating to real life.

Maggy eventually finds ‘Sam Worthington’, which is really the pen name of an old, white haired man living in an retirement home. He captures the essence of a true letter-writing enthusiast, using a classic gold fountain pen to write a different letter to a randomly selected name in the phone book every single day.

Worthington soon becomes Maggy’s mentor and gets her to think about the more important parts of life. Through Worthington’s help, we watch her grow from the annoying high school student into a sound and caring woman with a completely different life perspective. Although seemingly unoriginal at first, the film warps into a refreshing portrayal of what really matters. 

The film was produced in 2011 and written and directed by Christian Vuissa. None of the characters in this movie are famous or well known, which adds an authentic feel to it. We have no preconceived notions of who these people are supposed to be and therefore they really become the character that they are acting out.

Although there are still portions of this film that remind us that it is focused around a young high school student, most of the time it goes beyond teenage problems and is easy to relate to. Part of what makes this film meaningful is that Worthington teaches Maggy lessons in an original way. Instead of simply telling her ‘be nice to people,’ he speaks to the audience with a wiser voice and says:

“Life is like a mirror, if someone steals or is dishonest, they'll invite people into their lives who also steal and are dishonest. The good thing is you can choose who and what enters your life. Within every human being there is a God given ability that if you find it and nurture it you'll be able to bless the lives of others.”

Worthington uses his gift of writing to inspire Maggy to discover her own talents. We then watch her put her singing to use in a more unique way than the predictable ending of her singing on a big stage with her band.   

If you’re in the mood for some light entertainment with a fairly expected plot and a happy ending, you should skip this film. Contradictory to the first impression that we get at the beginning of this film, it is packed with emotion and profound lessons that will leave you thinking about the flic long after the hour and 25 minutes.