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Get Hold of Your Elf!

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Publisher: Mary Wilkey
Volume 1 - Issue 19
Published every Tuesday evening

Hi, all! On a personal note, this past Saturday we hosted my husband's family reunion, which was a rather unplanned thing that just kind of "came together" on its own. People drove in from five states, and all I had to do was cut up some onions for the burgers—now that's my kind of "do"! Everyone said not to cook anything, so I did as I was told, and everything went great—even the weather cooperated, and though rain threatened all day, it held off until after everyone was gone, and we were spared the oppressive heat and humidity we've had lately. My stepson flew in behind the barn with his helicopter and thrilled all who were interested, including yours truly, with rides all afternoon. We really are blessed! And now on to the business at hand .......

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Thought is a magnet; and the longed-for pleasure
Or boon or aim or object is the steel;
And its attainment hangs but on the measure
Of what thy soul can feel.
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox

CONTENTS:
Sponsor Ad
Ad Contest
Subscriber Spotlight
Feature Article
Classifieds #1-4
Today’s Chuckle
Today's English lesson
Internet Tips & Hints
Classifieds #5-8
Guest Article
Inspiration
Etcetera

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Prayer of Faith
By Hannah More Kohaus

God is MY help in every need;
God does my every hunger feed;
God walks beside me, guides my way
Through every moment of the day.

I now am wise, I now am true,
Patient, kind, and loving, too.
All things I am, can do, and be,
Through Christ the Truth that is in me.

God is my health, I can't be sick;
God is my strength, unfailing, quick;
God is my all; I know no fear,
Since God and love and Truth are here."

SUBSCRIBER SPOTLIGHT

The first subscriber to submit his or her personal profile sharing with the rest of us all about who he/she is, background, family, location, interests, hobbies, goals, dreams, etc., will be spotlighted right here next issue—and yes, an email and/or URL may be included!

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Come on, people—it's just not fair—you're getting to know me more each time you read an issue, but I'm totally in the dark about most of you!

FEATURE ARTICLE

WHEN IT'S GOOD TO DO THINGS BADLY

How many times have you heard "If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well"?

Being somewhat of a perfectionist by nature, I adopted this very credo years ago. Consequently, I've been frustrated most of my life!

As I've grown busier and busier over the years, I've finally realized the real truth about this old adage. It simply isn't true!

Certainly, the world is full of things worth doing and worth doing well, but it is also loaded with things that, although they are worth doing, they do not fall into that special arena reserved for things worth doing well!

Take folding clothes, for instance. It is a necessary task and certainly worth doing; otherwise, your appearance is going to suffer greatly. However, it is NOT necessary to fold them perfectly. Smoothly yes, perfectly no!

Mundane tasks like this should take up as little of our time as possible, and to fuss over them consumes our precious time better spent on more profitable endeavors.

Playing games is another instance of something not worth doing well—unless, of course, you're doing it professionally to make a living. Oh, I know it's enjoyable to play well, and you should play to the best of your ability if you're going to play at all—but to spend time perfecting game skills just for the purpose of attaining a high score is totally ludicrous. Not that it isn't fun to win—it is—but that's all amateur games should be—fun.

It actually comes down to weighing the importance of things and putting them each in proper, practical perspective.

This allows the perfectionist more time to devote to those things really worth doing well, such as, making a livelihood, writing, food preparation, organization, swimming, thinking, praying, meditating, studying, etc.

Of course, this is not to negate doing what you enjoy just for the pure pleasure of it. But if you will prioritize your tasks and NOT be concerned with doing well the purely mundane, you will have more time for the kind of things you really enjoy and those that really need to be done well.

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A Golden Rule Motto

I shall pass through this world but once.
Any good, therefore, that I can do
Or any kindness that I can show
To any human being
Let me do it now. Let me
Not defer it or neglect it for
I shall not pass this way again."

—Anonymous

TODAY'S CHUCKLE
Editor's Note: Although Netanyahu is no longer leader of Israel, this is still amusing . . .
The Golf Gulf

The Pope met with his cardinals to discuss a proposal from Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of Israel. "Your Holiness," said one of his cardinals, "Mr. Netanyahu wants to challenge you to a game of golf to show the friendship and ecumenical spirit shared by the Jewish and Catholic faiths."

The Pope thought this was a good idea, but he had never held a golf club in his hand. "Don't we have a cardinal to represent me?" he asked. "None play very well," a cardinal replied. "But," he added, "there is a man named Jack Nicklaus, an American golfer, who is a devout Catholic. We can offer to make him a cardinal, then ask him to play Mr. Netanyahu as your personal representative. In addition, to showing our spirit of cooperation, we'll also win the match."

Everyone agreed it was a good idea. The call was made. Of course, Nicklaus was honored and agreed to play. The day after the match, Nicklaus reported to the Vatican to inform the Pope of the result. "I have some good news and some bad news, your Holiness, " said the golfer. "Tell me the good news first, Cardinal Nicklaus," said the Pope.

"Well, your Holiness, I don't like to brag, but even though I've played some pretty terrific rounds of golf in my life, this was the best I have ever played, by far. I must've been inspired from above. My drives were long and true, my irons were accurate and purposeful, and my putting was perfect. With all due respect, my play was truly miraculous."

"There's bad news?" the Pope asked.

"Yes," Nicklaus sighed. "I lost to Rabbi Tiger Woods by three strokes."

Only a Cog in a Wheel

A man there was of unusual gifts
Bearing an honored name,
Life came to him with outstretched hands
Proffering wealth and fame;
But he carelessly turned his head away,
The prize made little appeal,
Contenting himself with a minor part,
He was only a cog in a wheel.

When opportunity knocked at his door,
It found him asleep and deaf;
Long and patiently it waited there,
But he did not come to himself.
His golden chances were wasted like chaff,
He took no account of the real;
Each day a monotonous grind to him,
He was only a cog in a wheel.

In the image of God this man was made,
With power to do and to serve;
Strong of mind and body was he,
But he lacked essential nerve.
So he drifted along from day to day,
Without ambition or zeal,
Playing a dull and nondescript part,
He was only a cog in a wheel.

What place do you fill in life's great machine—
Are you using your gifts aright?
Today have you wrought some truly fine thing—
Can you claim to have fought a good fight?
Will it surely be said that you "played the game"—
That your life was productive and real?
Or will the world say, as it goes on its way,
He was only a cog in a wheel?
—Anonymous

TODAY'S ENGLISH LESSON

Seeing the same elementary mistakes over and over again has prompted this publisher to write an English lesson each issue.

This concerns the misuse of "complimentary" and "complementary."

A "compliment" is praise or good wishes, as in "Your hair really looks nice" or "My compliments to the host."
"Compliment" also can refer to that which is given free to repay a favor or as an act of courtesy, as in "I'll be passing out complimentary copies of my new book."
A "complement" is something that adds to or accompanies or completes something else, as in a "wine that complements a dinner." Think of "complement" as "complete-ment."
"Complement" also refers to a number or quantity required to make up a whole. And it also can mean an angle related to another. Or it is used to refer to "complementary" colors.

You are not higher than your lowest thought,
Or lower than the peak of your desire.
And all existence has no wonder wrought
To which ambition may not yet aspire.
O Man! There is no planet, sun or star
Could hold you, if you but knew what you are.

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What you can do, or dream you can, begin it;
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
Only engage, and then the mind grows heated;
Begin, and then the work will be completed."

—Goethe

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GUEST ARTICLE

Doorway to Heaven . . . A Primer on Doorway Pages
by Heather Reimer

Webmasters, a word of caution: ignore the Yahoos, Googles and Excites of the world at your peril. Survey results vary but have shown that eighty percent or more of all traffic comes from search engines. More importantly, ninety-four percent of users never read beyond the first twenty listings. Predictably, the competition for those first slots is especially fierce.

One way you can lift your site above the crowd is with doorway pages. They're known by a lot of different names: gateway, bridge, entry or jump pages. By whatever name, savvy webmasters use them to get higher search engine rankings by feeding the engines what they crave.

So, what do the search engines want?

They have an appetite for things like: keyword frequency; meta tags; HTML title tags; URL names, and even alphabetical placement. They also take into account your link popularity—in other words, how many other sites are linking to you.

How do doorway pages provide that?

Doorway pages are separate pages that display your logo, some text, and a link to your site. More importantly, a doorway page includes carefully chosen keywords that best define your site FOR THAT SPECIFIC SEARCH ENGINE.

Why can't the search engine get all that from your optimized home page? Every search engine is different and seeks different attributes. No single page can accommodate all of them.

Plus, some engines have an aversion to frames, large graphics, and certain kinds of file formats. Doorways give the engine a search- friendly page instead of a possibly hostile one.

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INSPIRATION

~*~ Untitled ~*~

"You are sick," they said, "But that isn't the truth"—
And the woman shook her head.
"The Bible declares, he that dwelleth in God
Shall not say, I am sick," she said.
And she held to the truth through a starless night,
Till morning proved that her words were right.

"You are tired," they said. But she smiled at that.
"How can I be tired," said she,
"When the only work is work for God,
And He is my life, you see?"
And she quietly went her busy way,
With a happy song in her heart all day.

"You are poor," they said. But she only thought,
"How little they know! God speed
The day when the world awakes to find
That love is its only need."
And she still maintained, as her fortune grew,
Not money but love—if they only knew!

For the world knows not of the peace that comes
To a soul at one with God.
It is only those who are toiling on
In the path the Master trod
Who can feel, through the dark, that loving hand,
And holding it fast, can understand.

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