Mojo. The life force. The essence.

[AlexEN]

I posted this on my thread, but it's just as pertinent here, as The Note and The Letter... actually, the note and the letter... seem to have had related ghost-writers...

The Letter. Though much longer, not unlike The Note, in either tone or context.

The problem with these things is that they practically beg for mind-reading. Essence of cheese down otherwise cheeseless tunnels.

But your The Letter, like my The Note, reminds me again why everything I know about life I learned from "Joe Versus the Volcano:"

Nobody knows anything, Joe. We'll take this leap, and we'll see. We'll jump, and we'll see. That's life, right?

Funny, not ha-ha funny, but I read this before you wrote about The Note and wasn't quite sure what you were saying... As you or @Thinker pointed out once before, it's incredibly interesting how the various threads around here weave together.

But, now that I have read The Note, I see that the similarities are chilling... and I mean that in the worst sense of the word...

Yes, tone and context not at all dissimilar... and the Words... weren't we talking about that yesterday? I suppose they each took actions to write... but, I discern only the same words as do you: Good-bye Stranger.

Puppy's comments about the use of the passive voice leaped into mind as I read The Note... Deflecting any responsibility or the fact that We Make Choices. Not all of this Just Happened...