When someone replied, I could always tell they were happy I wrote them a letter.

我得以“拜访”许多令人赞叹的地方，我还能足不出户就跟人们交流。

While I was feeling stuck on the traffic of instant messages, SLOWLY showed me clearly another vibrant dimension of networking with people.

It was then that I realised why people used this app. It was the wait that made it worth it.

您不需要担心会不会被其他人批判或者误解。大家都很包容和欢迎所有的人。

你能够说出在你脑中萦绕的任何事物，能够完全敞开心扉，并且这能使你缓解对交流的恐惧。我完全可以说一些别人从没听我说过的事情。

I could open up and my insecurities of fitting in were understood with curious encouragement.

Letters are not for everyone. I had sent letters to my friends on their birthdays and they have, without fail, never written back.

地球可能是一个可怕而混乱的地方，但当你知道有千里之外的人愿意和你一起面对这里的挑战时，这里就更像家。

当然，恐惧症并没有消失，只是变得更容易相处。

我在甚至不知道她真实姓名或看到她的脸之前，就已经爱上了她的信件，通过她的信件我看到了最重要的：她的灵魂。

我从未有过轻松交友的时光，通过电脑或手机屏幕交流让我觉得更自在…