A friend wrote me an email a while back. At the time, I read it eagerly savoring every word. Looking for meaning and understanding in the details. But I found that I couldn't fully understand what was written to me. And It brought up more questions in my mind. I was curious but wasn't able to get the answers I needed. So I just let the experience go. And the questions just went into some hidden part of my brain where I tried to forget it.I haven't thought about all this for a while. Then yesterday I found myself sitting there reading that letter again...Why!?I've read it many times. But yesterday, the black text on the white computer screen seemed to show me a meaning that I hadn't considered before. Suddenly I saw something new!! Oh my God...I'm not going to tell you what it was, but let's just say that I saw something interesting and somewhat exciting in those words this time. And I had not seen it before. Why did I see this now? Why does it matter anyway??? Somehow it all matters. It's about perception too. How you receive things and put meaning to it. What you are able to see or not see. Even when it's right in front of you. Language is tricky too.When you speak with a person face to face, you see their body language. The tilt of their head, the movements of their hands, eyes and smile. It helps you to understand where a person is coming from. But emails are a different story. There's no face, just text on a screen. So how do I know what a person really means sometimes in the words they write. Language has so many variations too. Like the word "cool" can mean different things. If I say, "He is a cool type of person," It may mean he is unfeeling and cold. Or a groovy, modern guy. So I may never know if what I perceived in the email is correct or not. Maybe my friend intended a completely different meaning than what I understood. Hopefully it will just evaporate from my brain or something and I won't be drawn to reading that email again and again. Words are words and perceptions are just perceptions. But it's nice to know the truth behind the words.
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