It left me feeling so uninspired to reach out to anyone else, until – Just when I least expected it, I had an incoming letter from Iran.

Last chapter: A transnational friendship

We exchanged a few handwritten letters (until mine was lost in the mail), met a few times to work together in a café or walk along the Seine.

Elmondhatom, hogy a Slowly türelmesebb embert faragott belőlem.

Slowly gave me hope, captured in a letter.

I am feeling emotions I haven't experienced in a long time. We share things we love and try to appreciate the things we don't.

Earth can be a scary, chaotic place, but it feels more like home when you know there are people thousands of miles away who are willing to face the challenges here with you.

Természetesen a szociofóbia nem múlt el, de könnyebb lett együtt élni vele.

de megtartottam a levelét a levelezőlistámban mert ez egyike a kedvenc leveleimnek ezen az alkalmazáson.

A levelei alapján beleszerettem, még mielőtt megismertem volna az igazi nevét, vagy láttam volna az arcát, egy képet. A leveleiből láttam azt, ami igazán fontos: a lelkét.

If you want an escape from life, if you feel yourself growing frustrated with ordinary social media apps… Try taking things Slowly.

My Asian friends gave me a vision of their country that I certainly wouldn't have given a “google”… My friends from Egypt made me...