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I am not a talker. Only one time in my life have I ever been told that I am good at putting my thoughts into verbal communication. If you want to know what I really think or feel about something, get me to write you a letter. Where verbal communication fails me, written language does not. Something that I can only say ten words about can come through in a five page letter. The realization of this came when I was going through some tough times and my roommate was getting frustrated with me since I did not talk about what was going on. She said I needed to figure out a way to deal with my thoughts and get them out before I blew up from all the thoughts just getting jammed in there with no way of escape. Thus started my letter writing. If I was mad at someone, I would write them a letter. If I had so much I wanted to say to someone, I would write them a letter. No matter what I was going through I would write a letter. Some of you might be wondering if a letter was lost in the mail and that's why you have never received a letter. Well, the postman is awesome and never loses any of my letters. I have never mailed one single letter to anyone. I write the letter and then it stays in my notebook. Just getting the thoughts out on paper helps so much. I do not know if I could ever have anyone read what I write in those letters. Not only am I not mailing the letters but most of the time the letters are to God. I write my prayers out in letter form a lot of the time. It helps me work through things. It is also a way of keeping track of when prayers are answered. It is a very encouraging thing to go through that notebook and to see the prayers and remember when and how they were answered. I highly recommend it.

Ok so now you know about the letters, but what is this about coffee you are wondering. Well, although I am not a talker, there have been times I have been able to discuss thoughts and opinions or ideas and dreams with people. These conversations almost always occur with a coffee in hand. There is just something about coffee that brings about a feeling of relaxation and trust. Being able to be open with someone is just made so much easier with a mug of hot liquid in my hands. So that is what this is about: being open. Mainly being open about what God is teaching me, but also being open about life and dreams and how those three all come together. I know I am learning a lot as I write all the letters (I guess in this case they would be called "posts"), and hopefully you will also be able to apply something you read here to help in your own walk.