Susan Thom

Make Someone Smile On Their Email Today



Posted: Monday, September 24, 2007

by Susan Thom


 
 
 
 
 
 
I personally think that while writing to someone, you can get everything out you want to say, without interruption, and they can do the same. When you read your message, you absorb what is typed, and really get to know a person. There's really no reason to keep anything back, since chances of ever meeting these buddies in person, is slim.

The more you write back and forth, the more you get to know the person.

I like to send pretty stationery with my e mails, and I think my e mail buddies enjoy them. What a small thing to be able to do to put a smile on someone's face.

You can send pictures, and let the other person get more of a sense of who you are.

I have a friend I've had for thirty nine years, but she works full time, and I don't get a chance to see her much, but I can e mail her, and we can keep in touch with each others lives.

I have another friend for twenty three years, and I am able to e mail her every day, or every other day, and keep in touch. We can send jokes to each other, or wise quotes, or prayers. Sometimes, since she is at work, I just send a picture with a "hi."

If she knows Im having a rough time, shell send me a cute angel or something to make me feel better, and it does.

My aunt and uncle live in Texas, and I'm able to stay in touch, and send pictures, keeping them up on our family, showing them things we've done around the house, like the seven foot tomato plants I picked tomatoes from and sent to my uncle.

If I do anything on the inside or outside of the house, I can just take a picture, and send it to my e mail pals, instead of simply explaining it to them.

Besides adds and junk mail, I don't know anyone who doesn't enjoy a friendly note and a pretty picture to pop up on the inbox during the day. If you just go into images on your browser and do a search for a flower or a heart, etc., and save it to your documents, you can insert it into your e mail, too. Click in the square you type in, then go to insert at the top of your e mail, then picture, then browse, and go get the picture from your documents.

I know when I receive something special, it makes me feel cared about and loved. Wouldn't it be great if we all thought of that, and started sending more e mails with nice pictures? Millions of people feeling good. All that positive energy. All that good karma. And its so simple to do, and enjoyable to oneself as well. Now that you know how to do it, why don't you join me on my quest to make at least a few people smile each day?

Susan Thom is the mother of three children, two sons, 20 and 23, and a daughter 25. Her older son is in the air force in Germany right now, and her daughter is in the army in Tacoma, Washington.

Writing calms her, and gives her a place to go by herself! Clears the head and gets it out. She lives in a rural area, with a lake and mountains, and her partner, and has loved writing since she was a child.

She has been on a journey of self discovery for twenty years, and has learned many things about the human mind, and how to maintain some semblance of calm and peace within.

If someone reads one of her stories, and relates to her feelings, and gets a suggestion on how she dealt with them in a positive way, that would be the ultimate gift of her writing.

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Top-level comments on this article: (4 total)
» left by Dave Tanguay
4 years 243 days ago.
Hey Susan I believe I have your email address. I'm going to send you a picture of a one hundread and some odd year old man laughing. give me your response when you get it.
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» left by Bruce Horst
4 years 242 days ago.
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I know I enjoy the pictures in your email!
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» left by Anonymous 4 years 242 days ago.
hi bruce, i'm glad you do, i'll keep them coming....
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» left by Avis Ward
3 years 94 days ago.
132 fans.
Okay so I'm almost 2 years late reading this. It is still relevant and true. I'm like Bruce, I like your pics, too.

I glanced over at the title of this article and said to myself as I clicked it, this sounds like Sue. More than a year ago, you wrote this and I find some of what I said in a recent article in this one.

Life is beautiful and so are you!

My warmest regards,
Avis
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» left by Susan Thom 3 years 94 days ago.
179 fans.
hi avis,
there are so many little things we can do to brighten up the day for someone we care for.
i try to do so as much as possible.
thank you for reading and commenting.
i love when you stop by,
my best to you,
sue
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