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Notes are extremely effective. They express your thanks, encouragement, sympathy, apology, congratulations, feelings, and requests to other individuals.

Many men and women develop notes on a personal computer and print them or send them by way of the World wide web. Nevertheless, I think the most efficient notes are handwritten. A handwritten note is individual and rare. Due to this, it will be given much more interest by the reader and have optimum influence.

A couple of weeks ago I was in Michigan for my dad's funeral. Even though there I attended my mom's church on Sunday and met her pastor for the second time. Even though speaking to him, I discovered that his mother died a handful of months ago and his dad was critically ill. On my way property to Virginia, I had a cease at Chicago O'Hare Airport. While waiting for my connecting flight, I pulled out a box of note cards and wrote numerous notes and mailed them. 1 of those was an encouraging note to my mom's pastor. I found out later that he was so touched by the note that he took it to his church and read it at a meeting. He made it clear to these in attendance how significantly of an encouragement it was to him. What I didn't know when I wrote the note was that in the course of the following week not only did his dad pass away but his wife was diagnosed with cancer. I feel God utilized my note to aid him during a very hard time in his life. I also wonder how several others he talked to were modified due to the fact of that note. Perhaps some of them are now writing notes as properly. What if I hadn't written that note?

I would encourage you to start writing notes regularly. What a easy way to influence people's lives in a positive way. If you are concerned about how to get started, the following two books on the subject have been the most helpful to me:

- "The Art of the Handwritten Note: A Guide to Reclaiming Civilized Communication" by Margaret Shepherd the guide to note brokering

- "Organization Notes: Writing Private Notes That Create Expert Relationships" by Florence Isaacs

Get a note card, pen and stamp. Write a note to somebody who has been on your mind right now. Only God knows how significantly that person, and the planet, will modify for the much better due to the couple of minutes you take out of your busy schedule to write a few sentences.