Letters of request are an integral, important and necessary part of business correspondence. On the one hand, these are tactful and diplomatic requests on current issues, on the other hand, they are a tool to achieve certain goals of the addressee. The purpose of any letter of request is to encourage the addressee to take certain actions necessary for the author of the letter. How to write a letter of request in order to get as close as possible to a positive answer?
Any request letter should include a well thought out rationale and a clear statement of the request. In addition, you can use techniques that increase the effectiveness of writing.
Step 1. Who are you asking?
Address the addressee personally, it is better - by name and patronymic:
“Dear Ivan Ivanovich!”, “Dear Mr. Ivanov!”
Firstly, you express your respect to the addressee, and secondly, a request addressed to a specific person imposes on him responsibility for its implementation. There are situations when a request is addressed to a team or a group of people. In this case, it is also desirable to personalize the appeal as much as possible:
"Dear Colleagues!", "Dear Managers!", "Dear Junior Employees!", "Dear Employees personnel service!»
Step 2. Why are you contacting me?
Compliment the recipient. Making a compliment to the addressee, you answer his question: “Why are you addressing this question to me?” Note his past accomplishments or personal qualities.
“You are always ready to listen and find the best way to solve the problem of almost everyone who turned to you. And, I must give you credit, you helped a lot.”
"You are the leading expert in the field...".
“You have helped many to resolve the most difficult issues in the field of…”.
This technique will allow the addressee to take a closer look at the request and try to find an opportunity to satisfy it. fuck her.
A compliment is appropriate when it comes to non-standard requests, when you need to win over the addressee, when you need to pay attention to certain merits and qualities that are necessary and important to fulfill your request.
It is very important not to cross the line between a compliment and rude flattery. Be sincere.
Step 3. Justification of the request
Any request must be justified why you are making this particular request. Enter the addressee in the context of your problem.
At this stage, you need to select the three most significant arguments for the addressee. It is best to build arguments according to the scheme: strong - medium - strongest.
There are requests different levels complexity, so the addressee is not always interested in fulfilling someone's requests. He needs to be convinced that fulfilling the request carries a potential benefit:
Interest the addressee
Offer to implement some attractive opportunity for him related to the fulfillment of your request:
“At all times, business, enterprising people sought not only to achieve material success, but also to leave their mark on the history of the Motherland, to be remembered good deeds win respect."
« The successful activity of any professional community is, first of all, understanding and support from friendly Unions, participation in joint events and projects».
« Of course, your big goal is a clean and comfortable city for people».
Or voice a problem that is very relevant for your addressee:
“You, as a wise master of the city, are probably worried about the erratic walks of children different ages in places unsuitable for this, which leads to more frequent accidents and an increase in juvenile delinquency.
“There has been an increase in calls to your department on non-core issues, which takes up a lot of invaluable working time.”
Show how your request can help realize the opportunity:
« And today, when our country relies on young people, it is difficult to find a more necessary, sacred cause than helping young men and women from dysfunctional families. There are those in our city who already provide such assistance - under the auspices of the mayor's office, our charitable center "Heritage" operates on donations from the townspeople, which teaches difficult teenagers folk crafts ».
Or solve the problem:
“Equipment of specialized places for pastime of children of different ages will help reduce the level of juvenile delinquency and minimize road accidents involving children.”
Describe the significance of the request
When there is nothing to offer the addressee or it is inappropriate in the context of this request, it is better to bring the addressee up to date. Here you need to describe the situation as fully as necessary to understand the relevance of the request and the importance of its implementation. The significance of the request must be described in such a way that it "takes the soul." If the request does not belong to the category of "soulful", then you need to show the addressee the cause-and-effect relationships, which will ensure that the addressee fulfills the request.
“From (date), according to the lease agreement No. X, the rent for 1 m 2 is 20 c.u. in a day. Over the past three months, there has been a decline in trading activity due to economic instability and social unrest. The average profit from trading is $10. per day, which is not enough even to pay rent. If no action is taken, then private entrepreneurs will be forced to close their outlets which could negatively impact your income.
Thus, you must make it clear to the addressee that the fulfillment of the request carries the prospect of receiving tangible or intangible benefits.
Step 4 Statement of Request
When the addressee is prepared, you can state the actual request. The text of the request should be sufficiently concise and extremely clear. In no case should it contain ambiguity or understatement. For example, if we are talking about rent reduction, it is important to indicate to what level:
“We ask you to reduce the level of rent until the situation stabilizes to 5 USD. per m2 per day.
If we are talking about the provision of services, then specify the request as much as possible, indicating the desired dates, price issue, etc.:
« To equip a pottery workshop, you need a kiln for firing ceramics - we ask you to help us in acquiring it. The cost of the furnace with the installation is 998 thousand rubles».
In this example, it is not entirely clear what kind of assistance is required from the addressee. Better to be more specific: "We ask you to help in purchasing a furnace for firing ceramics by transferring 333 thousand USD to the settlement account of the company for the production and installation of furnaces."
Whatever you ask for, the recipient must know exactly when, what, how much and at what price you want to receive. A generalized request is more at risk of rejection because the addressee does not always have the time and desire to deal with the details. In addition, you run the risk of not getting what you want by transferring the initiative to the addressee.
For example, private entrepreneurs wrote a letter asking for a rent reduction, but did not indicate to what level they want to reduce the rent:
“We ask you to reduce the level of rent until the situation stabilizes.”
As a result, they received a reduction in rent, but insignificant (by 1% of the existing one). Thus, their request was granted, but little changed in the position of the initiators of the letter.
In some cases, the text of the request can be made bold so that it stands out in the text, but do not abuse this technique.
Step 5. Summarize your request.
Repeat your request and emphasize what benefit the addressee will receive if the request is fulfilled. The request should be slightly modified. It is best to build a sentence according to the scheme: "If you fulfill the request, then you will be happy."
“If you go along with us and lower the rent for a while until the situation in the region stabilizes, you will not only be able to save more than 150 jobs, but also will not incur global losses due to the complete lack of rent.”
But there may be other options:
“You can be sure that every ruble of your charitable donations will go to a good cause and help children who find themselves in a difficult situation grow up to be worthy citizens.”
"You can be sure that every child's smile will give you moral satisfaction from your difficult work, and your efforts and efforts are an investment in worthy and happy citizens of the near future."
The main thing is to repeat the meaning of the request and the benefits of its implementation. The benefit does not have to be material. Remember that the addressee is a person, and feelings are not alien to him.
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“Dear Ivan Ivanovich! Your company has been participating in the Career Guidance Program for Applicants for several years now, helping them to choose a profession. You, as a personnel manager, are interested in training professionals, and we are ready to help schoolchildren to start preparing masters of their craft. To date, the profession of a manager is one of the most common, but many applicants do not have a clear idea of its meaning. In this regard, we ask you to organize a meeting of the general manager with applicants on March 23 at 15.00 at the base of your company. Having told the guys about the secrets of the profession today, you are laying the foundation for training real professionals tomorrow. Perhaps in a few years it will be one of them who will bring your company to new level development. With respect and gratitude, Employment center director P.P. Petrov" |
And do not forget about the design of the letter - this is the "face" of the organization. If the initiator of the letter of request is an organization, then such a letter is drawn up on letterhead signed by the head or authorized person. If a private person, then it is enough to comply with the basic norms in the arrangement of the elements of the letter. These details are legally and psychologically very important for the addressee and the formation of the correct image of the sender.
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A cover letter is a type of business letter that is needed to describe the package of documents sent to the addressee if these documents do not contain the address part.
In this way, information load transmittal letter does not carry, but performs three important functions:
- confirms the fact of sending;
- provides a list of sent documents and instructions for handling them;
- Thanks to the registration data, it allows you to determine the due date.
Like most business letters, a cover letter is issued on company letterhead and receives the sender's outgoing registration number. We have analyzed the rules for formatting official letters in detail more than once in the magazine, so now we will focus on the features of a cover letter.
A detailed analysis of a business letter with many samples of its composition is in the article “We draw up a business letter»
Speech patterns
The basis of a cover letter is a list of attachments. The text of the document is short and conditionally divided into two parts:
- notification of sending documents,
- request for a timely response (acquaintance, approval, return of a signed copy, etc.).
The first part usually starts like this:
- “In fulfillment ... we send you ...”,
- "We're sending you..."
- "We present to you..."
Next, you can specify the purpose of sending documents: "to agree", "for familiarization", "for signature", "for filling"(if we are talking about a survey form or questionnaire). We recommend using the clichés “sending to you” or “sending to you”, because You can submit something only for review, but not for signing or approval.
The second part may contain the following words:
- “Please sign, seal and send one copy to our address...”,
- “We ask you to consider and send to our address within the time period established by law ...”,
- “I ask you to send one copy of the duly executed…” to our address.
Props "Mark of the presence of applications"
As we have already determined, the main thing in a cover letter to documents is attachments. That's why Special attention we will devote to the issue of registration of this props. Regardless of how the application will be drawn up, the practice of business appeal requires a complete listing of the documents attached to the letter, indicating the number of copies and the number of sheets in each of them. Without this information, the cover letter will lose all meaning.
So, when the documents to be sent are already reported in the text of the letter, it is not worth listing their names again. It is enough to specify the number of sheets and copies. See example 1.
Example 1
A fragment of text and a note about the presence of an application (the name of the application is indicated in the text of the letter)
If the application is not indicated in the text of the letter, in addition to the quantitative data, you must specify its name. If the package includes several documents, the annexes are numbered. See example 2.
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Example 2
A fragment of text and a mark about the presence of an application (the name of the application is indicated in the mark about its presence)
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Although GOST R 6.30-2003 says that when listing several applications in the mark about their availability the generalizing word before the colon is in the singular "Appendix:", in such cases we still recommend writing it in the plural "Appendices:", as we showed in Example 2.
Firstly, it is correct from the point of view of the rules of the Russian language. And secondly, the developers of this GOST themselves later “corrected” when they began to give explanations regarding its application in their methodological recommendations. See quotes from these two documents below. But many stubbornly continue to write the word "Appendix:" in the singular, even if it is followed by a list of several documents. Don't do it, and we've explained why.
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GOST R 6.30-2003 “Unified Documentation Systems. Unified system of organizational and administrative documentation. Documentation Requirements »
3.21. ... If the letter has an attachment not named in the text, then indicate its name, number of sheets and number of copies; if there are several applications, they are numbered:
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Organizational and administrative documentation. Documentation requirements. Guidelines for the implementation of GOST R 6.30-2003
3.16. ... If the letter has an application that is not named in the text, then indicate its name, the number of sheets and the number of copies, if there are several applications, they are numbered:
Discrepancies are also found regarding how to write the word "application" in the text of the letter: with a small or large letter, with or without the “No” sign. The fact is that you can indicate the name of the attached document in the text of the cover letter in different ways; compare yourself, looking at Example 3: in the second case, it is appropriate to indicate in brackets that the document is an application, and in subsequent cases we show how this can be done in different ways. All options are correct, it is just important to adhere to uniformity in the letter. And even better, in the instructions for the office work of your organization (or other local normative act dedicated to such issues) choose and fix one option, then there will be uniformity in all documents and there will be less confusion among performers.
Example 3
Various ways specifying the name of the application in the text of the letter
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For a bound application, the number of sheets can be omitted (Example 4).
Example 4
Description of the bound application
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When there are so many applications that it is more convenient to list them on a separate sheet (it will be called “Inventory of attachments to the letter from ... No. ...”), it will be enough to refer to such an inventory in the letter (Example 5).
Example 5
If there are so many applications that it is more convenient to list them in a separate inventory
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If you attach to your letter another letter that has its own attachment, you need to inform the addressee about this (Example 6).
Example 6
The letter attachment has its own attachment
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Finally, if your letter is addressed to several organizations at once, and the attachment is addressed to only one of them (others receive a letter only for information), this should also be said (Example 7).
Example 7
Attachment is sent to only one email recipient out of several
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A mark on the presence of attachments is made below the text of the letter and above the signature. Typically, these distances (indents) are made the same and equal to approximately 2-3 line spacing (this is well shown in the sample design of the whole letter in Example 9).
By general rule, if the document has attachments, then a mark is made on it about their presence below the text and above the signature, and on the attached documents (for each in the upper right part of the first sheet) it is written which attachment to which document they are (with the designation of the application number, if they several), as in Example 8.
Example 8
Application number and data of the main document on 1 sheet of the application
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But the cover letter has an accounting function of the documents sent, acting as a kind of inventory of attachments to the envelope, but the documents named in such a letter as attachments are actually sent. If the letter had a different function (for example, it was an offer, making an offer to sign an agreement and listing the conditions of the proposed cooperation), then the letter would be the “key” document in meaning, and the attached documents would only help it fulfill its function. But we are talking about a cover letter, and in this case you should not “spoil” the forwarded documents with information about the “inventory of the envelope” - i.e. You don't need to mark them like that!
Signing and registering with the sender
Business letter signer executive, as in ordinary business correspondence (as a rule, either the head of the organization or an authorized top manager). If we are talking about sending primary accounting documents, the chief accountant can also sign the letter.
So that the recipient of the letter does not later turn to his signatory with all clarifying questions (indicated by the number 1 in Example 9), the performer should also be indicated in this document (ibid., see number 2).
Before sending the cover letter, you need to assign an outgoing number (indicated by the number 3).
And the addressee will assign his incoming number to him when registering the fact of receipt of the document, while the date of receipt and the incoming number can be indicated on it (handwritten or with a stamp, as in Example 9 - see number 4).
Example 9
Transmittal letter
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Example 11
Cover letter form for individual applicants
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Surprise for applicants - individuals
The need to write a cover letter for documents applies to everyone, regardless of whether it is an organization or individual. Meanwhile, when an ordinary person comes to the organization, as a rule, no letter is written to accompany his documents. It’s a pity, because it would be more convenient for you not to memorize and somehow fix it yourself, but to have the information written by the visitor: from whom, what documents, to which of your employees and why to transfer. If you systematically deal with individuals, especially for a number of model questions, and at the same time you receive documents from them with which your organization must then do something, we recommend that you develop a cover letter form for such cases and ask each such visitor to fill it out. See sample form in Example 11.
You will register the completed form and give a copy of the letter with the incoming number to the applicant, and send the package of documents received from him along the appropriate route. Then, having called to inquire about his documents, the person will no longer ask about the “cottage in Malinovka”, but about a certain letter with a unique index.
Please reply within a specified time
Many organizations like to immediately set the deadline for the addressee in their cover letters, and the methods can vary from polite “Please sign the documents and return them within ten days” to imperative "The response time to the letter is 5 working days". Is it worth it to write like this? And how do we react to such conditions?
Recall that according to the rules of business circulation. This landmark should be remembered if there is no other deadline in the cover letter.
Only a superior, controlling organization or any government agency, binding on you normative document. The parties themselves can also agree and document the voluntarily assumed obligations:
Example 10
The deadline for responding to a letter can be set in the contract.
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The agreement provides for a mandatory pre-trial procedure for resolving disputes and disagreements. The Party, which considers that its rights under this Agreement have been violated, is obliged to send a written reasoned claim to the other Party. The party that received a written reasoned claim is obliged to consider it and give a written reasoned response within 10 (ten) calendar days from the date of its receipt...
When companies of equal status are communicating (if no one above them has previously or they themselves have not set the rules for interaction), you can ask to speed up the answer, but this requires a good reason. For example: "Please send the completed questionnaire within fourteen days, since before 01.10.2013 we must provide a response to the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation ". Orders in such cases are incorrect, including from the point of view of business etiquette.
Storage of cover letters
A cover letter becomes unnecessary as soon as the contractor picks up his applications and makes sure that they are complete. From now on, work will go on over them, and the letter should be marked as completed and placed in the file.
The question often arises as to how to store cover letters and attachments to them: separately or together? Typically, an attachment to a letter is placed in a special case reserved specifically for this kind of documents. There is no place for cover letters in it: acts of work performed, invoices, contracts and many other documents are stored separately and often for different periods of time.
This point should be taken into account when compiling the nomenclature of cases. Some companies (with a small amount of document flow) create one “Cover Letters” file and put all letters of this kind in it, regardless of what was attached to them. Others have to create several cases from cover letters and put them in case nomenclatures structural divisions. Then, for example, the sent agreement will go to the “Service Agreements” file, and the cover letter to it - to the “Cover Letters to Contracts for Core Activities” file.
It also happens that the letter remains in storage in the company, but the attachment does not. This applies, for example, to draft documents (as in Example 9). The draft regulation is not yet a document and will most likely be corrected more than once, it is not necessary to keep it.
As you can see, there is nothing complicated in writing a cover letter, but it can save not only your documents, but also time.
A slight difficulty, as usual, may occur when the company implements the rule to draw up and submit for shipment along with a package of documents a properly executed cover letter. But this problem is solved quite simply by establishing this rule in a local regulatory act. And the benefits of it are difficult to overestimate.
Footnotes
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Do happiness letters bring happiness or unhappiness? Or about the occult "viral" spam of the era before the Internet...
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In the fall of 2003, a letter arrived at the Missionary Department.
“Hello! A few years ago I received a similar message, but did not attach any importance to it and threw it away. And a month later my father died.
And a month and a half ago I received this message again. And all in doubt. He sprinkled it with holy water, then propagated it, but did not send it to anyone. And a disaster fell on me - a week ago, bedbugs appeared. Looks like you'll have to send it to someone. So I am sending you 3 copies in the hope that you will help me.
May the Lord and the Most Pure Lady help you in your labors. Regards, Yuri".
Letter of happiness (given in one of the originals)
The letter itself is located in Yurkala (Holland), it went around the world 445 times and hit you. Upon receipt of the letter, it must be sent to that person, you wish happiness, if you do not believe in happiness from parallel worlds. Everything depends on you. The life of writing began in 1254. It came to Russia at the beginning of the 20th century. The letter was received by a poor peasant woman Tsigunova and after 4 days she dug up a treasure, then she married Prince Galitsin and became a millionaire. In 1943, the letter came to Marshal Tukhachevsky, who burned it. After 4 days he was arrested, tried, then shot. In 1921, Konaya Dale received a letter, but did not open it. He was in an accident and had both of his arms amputated. A letter to Khrushchev was thrown into the country, but since he did not read it, on the 4th day he was overthrown by his friends. In 1980, Alla Pugacheva made 20 copies and after 4 days received an unexpected invitation from the firia, after which, after 4 days, she deposited 20 thousand dollars into the account. There are a lot of examples. But in no case do not tear the letter. Take it seriously. This is the path between the present and the future. The letter can be sent in an envelope, as long as it reaches the address. Do not change the test.
J6181518T6-XXIIXIIXP5X
These signs will bring you happiness for 9 years. this letter went around the world, happiness should visit you. Send it to people who need it. Do not delay the letter for more than 96 hours. This chain was created by Venezuelan missionaries. Send a letter to your friends and expect a surprise in 4 days. Dante received in 1929, instructing his secretary to send 20 copies, a few days later he received 20 thousand. Father Dorose received the letter, but did not send it. His wife died in childbirth, giving birth to a sick son. After a few Dorose sent several letters, the doomed boy recovered. Make 20 copies! Be sure to send! This is not quackery! Expect a surprise! With love it is possible! This is a letter of luck, the original in England! Luck went around the world 9 times. Good luck sent to you within 4 days from the date of receipt of the letter. Luck has chosen you on its way. It's not a joke. You will get good luck in the mail without sending money. Do not send money, because fate has no price. Do not keep this letter, it must leave your hands within 96 hours. The airline employee received $7,000. Don Oli received 400 thousand dollars, lost them because he broke the chain. George Wisson received a letter, lost his wife because he did not give the letter new connections, but before his death he received $ 7,500,000. Please send out 20 copies and expect to see what happens in 4 days. The chain comes from Venezuela and was written by St. Anthony De Grab, a missionary from South Africa. Since this copy is to travel the world, make 20 copies and send them to friends and companies. In a few days you will receive a surprise. This is true! Even if superstition weighs on you, pay attention to the following. Constantine Joe received the chain in 1930. He asked his secretary to make 20 copies and send them out. A few days later, he won $20 million in the lottery. Marco de Dali, an employee received a letter and fell ill, that he had to get rid of it within 96 hours, lost his job, then found the letter, made 20 copies in a few days, got a better job than before. Doine Frehrand received a letter, and without reading it, threw it away, after 9 days he died. In 1987, a letter was received by a young woman from California, it was very shabby and difficult to read. The girl gave her word that she would retype it and send it, but she put it aside to do it. A lot of problems fell upon her, including car repairs. The letter did not leave her within 96 hours. Finally she printed it as promised and received a new machine. Remember, don't send money! You send good luck! Don't ignore the letter, send it! Good luck!
Yes, indeed, a person has undergone a difficult temptation! And, alas, he is not alone in this. Such letters of "happiness" often appear in mailboxes, for example, I myself received them three times. How can one not figure out what kind of "happiness" is walking around the expanses of Russia ?! Fortunately, I have in my hands as many as three "identical", but for some reason different letters - two that I received and one from Yuri.
Where are you a letter and from where?
We read carefully:
"The letter itself is located in Yurkala (Holland) ... This letter is good luck, the original is in England!"
"It went around the world 455 times and hit you ... Good luck went around the world 9 times! ...".
"The life of writing began in 1254... This chain was created by the missionaries of Venezuela... The chain comes from Venezuela, and was written by St. Anthony de Grab, a missionary from South Africa"
So, the letter was created in 1254, and the chain of its transmission was created by a missionary from Venezuela, St. Anthony de Grab, who was originally from South Africa. You do not need to be a connoisseur of geography and history to know that Venezuela is located in South America, however, in 1254, this continent was not known to the Old World! Moreover, in those days, South Africa, because. the territory of South Africa was also practically unknown to Europeans, and of course it was not colonized by them. Therefore, the happy "pope" of the letters of St. Anthony De Grab could not appear in Venezuela, and even be born in South Africa.
But that's not all weirdness. It is not at all clear with what speed the letter roams around the world, then it went around the world 445 times, then only 9 times. In addition, it is not clear where the original is located, whether in Holland, or in England?
The fact that the author of the letter to St. Anthony de Graba from South Africa is tight with history, testifies and next sentence: "In 1943, the letter got to Marshal Tukhachevsky, who burned it. After 4 days, he was arrested, tried, then shot." Although I finished school a long time ago, I remember well that the marshal was repressed before the start of the Great Patriotic War…
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Read also on the topic:
- Send "luck" and "love": how to get a hundred "letters of happiness" and not be scared- look-info
- Who is the last for a coin of happiness?- Missionary Department of the Moscow Diocese
- Killer happiness walks around the world(about letters of happiness) - Maxim Stepanenko
- Jerusalem Bread, or Leaven from the Evil One- Priest Dionisy Svechnikov
- "Jerusalem Bread"- Interfax-Religion
- Magizm- Professor Alexey Osipov
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A strange chronicle or "do not change the text!"
All the events described in the letter date back to the 20th century. And this is understandable, in 1254 there was neither Pugacheva, nor the successful peasant woman Tsigunova, nor the poor girl from California, whose car broke down. But, by the way, "Text do not change!". What is left of that ancient letter in the letter?
Probably magic signs, it dawned on me! Comparing three different letters from three different sources disappointed me - the signs were different. At the same time, in two latest versions the signs turned out to be the Slavic letter "P", which is not in the Latin alphabet, usually used by the occultists of the Middle Ages in writing magic spells.
J6181518T6-XXIIXIIXP5X
Y6181518E6XXXIPXP5X
Y61815, 1886-XXPX PXPSX
The identity of the chronicler is very suspicious, who, judging by the letter, almost completely changed the ancient original. The events described in the letter took place in different years, in different countries and even continents. Who collected them and despite the warning "do not change the text!" Why did you include them? The lucky ones and the unlucky ones themselves could not ascribe to the letter what happened to them, because. luck came to them after they sent letters. And the losers hardly immediately rushed to print in newspapers or sign a letter: “I, O. Dorose, did not send 20 copies of the letter, and my wife died in childbirth. Oh, woe to me, a fool! from a dead wife, survived!" In the light of the described execution in 1943 of the already executed Tukhachevsky, there are doubts whether these people existed at all.
The three letters that I read are full of errors (you have already seen this when reading the above letter), both spelling and syntactic, incl. and in proper names:
"The letter itself is located in Yuerkuala ... Yurkala ... Yufkula."
"Doine Frehrand...Doglie Frehrand...Dognite Freechland".
"George Visasi...George Wisson..."
And, finally, the name of the Catholic missionary was distorted as best they could: either he is “de Grab”, then “de Grabbi”, then “de Gab” ...
Writing Through the Eyes of a Christian
Leaving secular erudition, let's look at the letter through the eyes of a Christian. It does not seem to draw on a letter of prayer to God, there is not even a hint of the appeal "Lord, have mercy on me, and send me wealth!" By the way, such prayers are not approved not only by the Church, but by the Lord Himself "... do not look for what you eat or what you drink, and do not worry, because the people of this world are looking for all this; your Father knows that you have a need for it; especially seek the Kingdom of God, and all this will be added to you"(Luke 12:29-31).
Without a doubt, we have before us - in its essence, a magical letter (more precisely, a parody of a magical letter).
If so, it would be appropriate to first give a counterargument from the camp of spiritual opponents. Although I am far from magic, it is assumed by sorcerers that receiving positive effect depends on the correct performance of the magical ritual and the correct pronunciation (drawing) of spells. However, the magic signs in all letters are different! And the letter itself with Alla Pugacheva and the peasant woman Tsigunova is not 100% consistent with the ancient original. Hence, the claimed magical ability of the letter to make happy any obedient distributor of it is very doubtful.
Due to the magical essence, the letter could not in principle have been created by a Catholic missionary, who is also designated as a saint. Although Roman Catholics fell into many heresies, it is unlikely that in those days they lost the ability to recognize ungodly magic, like our modern Russians.
In one of the morning prayers, we say to God: "For thou art my Creator and Provider and Giver of every good, and my hope is in Thee...". So, every Christian realizes that all the blessings he receives have one source - God, which is why we pray to Him every day: "Lord have mercy ... help ... save ... enlighten, guide on the true (righteous) path ... heal ... grant", etc. P. At the same time, when praying like this, a Christian asks not impudently and self-satisfied, but is imbued with humility, realizing his sinfulness and unworthiness of the blessings he asks. And at the same time, by his deeds in everyday life, he strives for righteousness, thereby proving his love for God.
What does the letter call for? Good or evil, righteous or mired in sins, you are a Christian or an atheist - it doesn't matter if you rewrite the letter 20 times, and you will receive happiness within 9 years!
When in prayer we ask God for something and receive it, we know the source of goodness - God. In magic - conspiracies, spells, including this letter, there is no appeal to God. Then who fulfills the magical request? Demons!
That is why the Orthodox Church so angrily condemns those who practice magic and witchcraft, remembering the prophetic warning: "... don't learn to do abominations... you should not have ... a soothsayer, fortuneteller, soothsayer, sorcerer, charmer, summoning spirits, a magician and questioning the dead; For every one who does this is abominable before the Lord…”(Deut. 18, 9 - 14.), since. such people voluntarily submit themselves to demonic power.
Being "image and likeness" God (Gen. 1:26), we are endowed with such a quality as free will. Being free, we have the right to accept and refuse some blessings given to us by God, including material wealth, which can bring many temptations that do not contribute to our salvation. Does the Lord punish us for this? Of course not. Especially since He endures for a long time; even the gravest sins of people. And what about the letter "HAPPINESS"? He refused to distribute such a letter, bearing "happiness": he was expelled from work, had an accident, was overthrown from power, his wife died, and even ... they were shot. Here is such a "happiness" with an animal grin! Can God be behind this? "is love"(1 John 4:8)?
Therefore, there should be no doubt at the sight of such a letter in the mailbox: throw it in the trash! And remember that, according to St. apostle paul "an idol is nothing in the world"(1 Corinthians 8:4). And if you live like a Christian - love God and your neighbors as yourself, participate in divine services, resort to saving Sacraments - confess your sins with repentance and partake of the Body and Blood of the Lord, do not leave prayer, then no letter or conspiracy, no malice of the demon or a sorcerer will not hurt you.
However, it is my deep conviction that all these "letters of happiness" are not evil magic that brings all sorts of troubles to the disobedient, most likely it is someone's malicious joke-mocking, however, having an occult background. Such a letter will continue to wander as long as there are simple-hearted, occult-minded, greedy for freebies from "parallel worlds" and at the same time shy, unchurched Russians.
As for the case with Yuri, one can only sigh with sorrow, demons are demons! Ancient fallen spirits are strong in temptation, they are masters of passing off random events as interconnected events.
P.S. By the way, “pies of happiness” are also spreading throughout Russia, or rather a magical leaven for them, which must be distributed to all the dupes you know. Such pies need to be baked only once in a lifetime and sourdough should be distributed only well, oh-oh-very good people…
Maxim Stepanenko, supervisor
Missionary Department of the Ufa diocese
Russian Orthodox Church
At the beginning of April 2008, another "letter of happiness" was sent to me via the Internet. Notice the noticeable change.
"CHINESE ADVICE. You can buy a house, But not a hearth; you can buy a bed, but not sleep; you can buy a watch, but not time; you can buy a book, but not knowledge; you can buy a position, but not respect; you can pay for a doctor, but not for health you can buy a soul, but not life; you can buy sex, but not love. Chinese precept brings good luck. The original is kept in the Netherlands. This precept has already circled the world eight times. And yet, this time it will bring good luck to you "After receiving this letter, you will become happy. This is not a joke. Good luck will come to you. Send this letter to people who need happiness by mail or the Internet. Do not send money, because happiness cannot be bought. Do not keep the letter for more than 96 hours, during this time it must be sent in. A few examples of what happened: Konstantin received a letter in 1953 and asked his secretary to make 20 copies of it, after 9 days he won 9 million marks in the national lottery.In 1967, Br uno received this letter and threw it away with a laugh. A few days later, his son fell ill. He found the letter, made 20 copies of it and sent them out; nine days later he received word that his son had recovered. In 1987, a letter was received by a young Californian who noticed that it was illegible. He promised himself to retype it on a typewriter, but put it off until later. That is, he did not get rid of the letter in the next 96 hours. He later rewrote and mailed it as promised and got a new car. Subsequently, he forwarded it, continuing the happy chain. Don't forget, don't send money or sign letters. Just send 20 copies and wait to see what happens in a few days. The instruction was written by a missionary from the Antilles. I am sending it to you because you must help him go around the Earth. Send 20 copies to your acquaintances, friends and girlfriends. A few days later you will receive good news or you will have a surprise. It's true even if you're not superstitious. This leaflet was sent as good luck. Thanks to someone who loves you, happiness is saved from your forwarding Good luck will come to you within about 4 days after receiving this letter that was intended for you. Happiness came from Venezuela and it was written by Anthony de Crud, a South African missionary. Now it's your turn to forward it. Do not keep the letter, it must leave your hands within 96 hours. I ask you to send copies and you will see what happens within 4 days. DO NOT SEND MONEY, DO NOT FORGET ABOUT THIS LETTER. IT REALLY WORKS."
The following expressions are most commonly used to write formal emails:
1. If we want to attach a file, then we specify:
Pleasefindattached- Please accept as an attachment
Please find attached my resume. – Please accept in attachment my resume.
Please find attached photos from the conference. – Please accept in attachment photos from the conference.
2. If we want to forward (redirect) the letter, we use the expression:
I've forwarded _______ to you. – I forwarded ________ to you.
I`m forwarding _______ to you. - I'm sending you _______.
I've forwardedBill's resume to you. -I redirected To you summary Bill.
I`m forwardingJohn's email to you. -Forwarding To youJohn's email.
3. If we want to mark someone in the copy of the letter, then we use the expression:
(name) on this email |
– I marked (name) in the copy of this e-mail.
I` ve cc` d Umar on this email. – I tagged Umar in a copy of this email.
* We've copied Umar tokeephimintheloop. We have tagged Umar in the copy of the letter in order to keep him informed.
Please keep me in the loop. -Please, hold me in course.
4. The following expression will help bring the letter to completion:
If you have any questions, please don`t hesitate to contact me. - If you have any questions, please contact me.
If you have any questions, please don`t hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
John –
If you have any questions, please contact me.
Sincerely,
John
5. To complete the letter, we use the following expressions:
I look forward to | hearingfromyou- Waiting for an answer from you. meetingyou- Looking forward to meeting you. yourreply- Waiting for your answer. |
Look forward to + verb + ing- wait impatiently)
To complete an email, use the following expressions:
kindRegards (Regards) - FROM Best wishes, respectfully
WarmWishes — Best wishes
YoursTruly- Sincerely yours, with respect.
English Joke
The breakfaster in the cheap restaurant tried to make conversation with the man beside him at the counter.
"Awful rainy spell-like the flood."
"The flood?" The tone was polite, but inquiring.
"The flood-Noah, the Ark, Mount Ararat."
The other bit off half a slice of bread, shook his head, and mumbled thickly:
"Hain't read to-day's paper yit."
As soon as we start talking about tithing, the most common response we hear is: "Well, this is the Law, and we are now under grace...". The argument is so common that it cannot be ignored. I wonder if anyone has thought about what actually tithing is grace?
I don't think anyone would dispute that Christians by faith are descendants of Abraham. We all love to talk about it, especially when it comes to what we can get from God. Let's remember it in order to learn something.
As we reread the well-known story of how Abram met Melchizedek, we cannot fail to notice a few interesting features, but first, let's read this passage. This is Genesis 14:18-20
“Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine - he was the priest of the Most High God - and blessed him, and said: Blessed be Abram from the Most High God, Lord of heaven and earth; and blessed be the Most High God, who delivered your enemies into your hands. [Abram] gave him a tenth of everything."
You know, it's funny to watch the fact that when Christians want to receive something from God, they remember that they are the children of Abraham, and when they don't want to give something to God, they immediately forget about it and start talking about , what Old Testament, this is the Law, and that we are not under the Law, but under Grace! Note that in the verse we have read, there are still 637 years before the appearance of the Law, and Moses could in no way be an authority for Abraham.
If we look at the book of Hebrews, we see that Melchizedek was a very mysterious figure. Many theologians agree that, in fact, Melchizedek was the pre-incarnate appearance of Christ. I am not saying this to argue now whether Abraham saw Christ Himself or not. I'd like to highlight something else:
I think there is a very serious lesson here for us: When the king of Salem, whether he was a pre-incarnate appearance of Christ, or simply a type of the Son of God, blessed Abram, in response Abram simply and naturally gave him a tenth of everything.
And it was not necessary for anyone to teach him any principles of sowing or reaping, let it be given to you, or it is more blessed to give than to receive. Abram, having heard the blessing from Melchizedek, did not think about whether this was the Law or not. The Scripture does not even mention that someone told him to give something to Melchizedek. Nothing at all.
There was no law yet, and if you look at Abram himself, we see that his election was for nothing - complete grace. After all, he did not deserve the fact that it was to him of all the people of Ur of the Chaldees, or rather, Haran, God turned. We also see another aspect of grace here: Abram's response to the meeting with the King of the world was not an act of knowledge, but grace from his (Abram's) side towards the King of the world.
For Abram, it was natural for a tenth of the estate to respond to the blessing. To respond to the meeting with the King of peace, with the King of peace.
To be honest, this raises a question in me: If I still figure out how to turn the Scriptures so as not to give tithing, then maybe I never met the King of the world?
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