Even if you have grown up with email rather
than snail mail as your primary means of personal communication, you are
probably aware some bits of correspondence have more value than others.
The criteria change depending on your current
needs. When you are feeling lonely, a love letter from your spouse probably
means more to you than an old “Honey-Do” list. On a cold February night at
3 a.m., instructions about how to restart your silent furnace mean more
than a list of upcoming summer concerts.
All these bits of correspondence may be
equally factual. Accuracy is not the issue. The question is whether or not they contain
something that really matters, and that matters to you.