The world moves. If the pace is acceptable and the day is lovely, this post might be unnecessary.

Otherwise, you have, in your dominant hand, the ability to make the moment slower and more thoughtful—more considerate, and something your correspondent can touch, aware that you grasped it first.

The object must be handled, folded, and mailed. The act reveals the sender’s intent. He set aside other, easier choices.

The task demands a pen to render a fine, easy-to-read line. You alone grasp its significance and take part in a private, ageless ritual.

Cursive writing provides an emotional advantage. It tells the person you care. In effect, you are underlining the importance of your dispatch. The delivery to be received is not a casual, everyday comment.

You will not communicate with speed, as you do when you choose email or text. Cursive offers more time to think about what you want to say. If you have not used it in a while, you need to practice. Your brain will thank you.

Humanity shares a long history of invitations graced by the human hand, frequently by individuals whose deftness with a stylus gives the words a special beauty.

Cursive is a manner of penmanship in which the symbols of your language will be conjoined and fluid. That speeds up the handwritten creation of your message compared to printing one word after another, with the letters separated.

Yes, if you are young, you must train or retrain yourself. Remember, though, the history of such documents includes famous ones, like the Declaration of Independence. Many distant friends corresponded with one another, and lovers wrote them in wartime.

Imagine.

We have more choices than ever on our blue planet.

Time is speeding up.

Slow it down and make it beautiful again.

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The top image is The Love Letter, painted by Thomas Sully in 1834, and sourced from Wikiart.org.