Hello, how are you?

Excerpt from a real-life email to a friend of mine

Hello, how are you?!

I'm sorry I haven't contacted you for so long. And then all of a sudden I look you up.

Maybe it's the Xmas season.
Maybe it's just me being tired of all the crap and games and pseudo-friendships.
Maybe it's my realising the true essence of friendships.

People tend to make mistakes, especially when it comes to friendships and relationships.
Those whom were thought to be friends were not. And those whom are least expected turn out to be priceless.

For some strange reason or other, C and myself lost touch. And I haven't been able to regain contact with her, despite trying.
For another strange reason, you barely knew me and you didn't mind wasting a bit of time giving me good advice. (Thanks for that.)

The ironies of life

Precisely because I'm more stranger than friend, and precisely because I have no hidden agenda and no vested interest in your life and your friendship, so you need not be so cautious about the things you can say and cannot say.

It's precisely for the above reasons that I will tell you certain things I may not tell somebody else.

There's no embarrassment.
There's no judgement.
There's no awkwardness

So, how are you? Are you doing well? Are you happy?

And I've always wanted to but have never dared asked, "How are you? And are you really ok?".

Maybe I'm just being sensitive. But there's something melancholy about you despite what you portray to the world, and I especially felt it when I spoke to you recently.

I'm not trying to be your friend. (Haha!)

I'm just trying to do what I can to well, relate to another human being at a level at which they need some catharsis.

I'm just trying to tell you, we may not be friends per say, but there's still a smidgeon of concern on my part about you and your welfare.

I don't know about you, but I find that a comforting thought, that in this world of politics and selfish ambition, there's still a little bit of that which is good and pure and lovely and honest and true.

And one finds it in the strangest of places.

That's all.

You may choose to or not to respond to this email of course.

In fact, at various points of writing out this email, I'm still contemplating whether to send this out.

It is a laughable offence to be sending an email like this out; I know for sure you're laugh at me. But I think I'll risk it, risk my pride and my face and risk looking stupid, and hopefully, this will make your xmas season slightly different (I dare not say "better"!) this year.

Merry Christmas.
And Happy New Year.