Infante

Notes are very potent. They express your thanks, encouragement, sympathy, apology, congratulations, feelings, and requests to other folks.

Many men and women produce notes on a personal computer and print them or send them by means of the Web. However, I believe the most successful notes are handwritten. A handwritten note is individual and rare. Due to this, it will be given more focus by the reader and have maximum impact.

A handful of weeks ago I was in Michigan for my dad's funeral. While 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 few months ago and his dad was critically ill. On my way house to Virginia, I had a quit at Chicago O'Hare Airport. Even though waiting for my connecting flight, I pulled out a box of note cards and wrote numerous notes and mailed them. A single of these was an encouraging note to my mom's pastor. I located out later that he was so touched by the note that he took it to his church and read it at a meeting. He created it clear to those in attendance how significantly of an encouragement it was to him. What I didn't know when I wrote the note was that for the duration of the following week not only did his dad pass away but his wife was diagnosed with cancer. I believe God employed my note to aid him during a quite difficult time in his life. I also wonder how a lot of other people he talked to have been modified since of that note. Possibly some of them are now writing notes as effectively. What if I hadn't written that note?

I would encourage you to begin writing notes often. 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 useful to me:

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

- "Business Notes: Writing Private Notes That Develop Expert Relationships" by Florence Isaacs

Get a note card, pen and stamp. Write a note to someone who has been on your mind these days. Only God knows how much that particular person, and the world, will adjust for the much better due to the few minutes you take out of your busy schedule to create a handful of sentences.