Monday, February 13, 2012

Send a Message in a Bottle

I'm sure everyone here has heard of the best-selling author Nicholas Sparks; if you haven't, I highly recommend his work to any and all hopeless romantics. One of his novels, A Message in a Bottle, bases its plot around--well, a message in a bottle. The love letter placed inside the bottle transforms the lives of two individuals, and the novel encourages its audience to maintain faith in destiny.

No, I don't want to write a letter in hopes that a stranger will discover it and we'll fall madly in love. That's not the point. Instead, I want to send a message full of encouraging words. Words that contain the possibility of brightening someone's day or changing someone's life. There is something romantic and timeless about written letters, whether they be love letters or thank you letters; because at this day in age, we rarely witness a handwritten profession of love or friendship. So, in that case, I will compose a message full-to-the-brim with phrases such as "you are beautiful," or "smile, and have a wonderful day." Cliché, yes a little bit. But I would be willing to bet that every single one of you would find a slight thrill in discovering something of the sort. Not only is it an adventure, but it's a mystery. And it's romance. And those are two desires that everyone should encounter.

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