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Please click on the link below and read how you can make wise financial management choices during these difficult economic times.

Although this may be an old news story, the information is still very applicable today.

I rediscovered this story when I was going through some old saved emails and thought you might appreciate this article.

http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/wise-financial-management-during-tough-economic-times

Yes, we live in hard times with speculation suggesting that things will become much worse.  We cannot fret and worry about it, nothing good will come from it. Instead, we must do the best we can to prepare so we will respond appropriately to a situation. We respond best when we understand the problems we face, determine how we can meet the conditions we face, and come up with plans to deal with whatever we face now and in the future.

No one will come through the days ahead unscathed by the difficulties! However, the better we understand the challenges expected and prepare the best we can, the better we will be able to handle whatever we might face. This will definately be a blessing to us and our families.

Please, do not try to face your trials alone; there is no good reason for it.  We all should have the type of friends in our associations that see things from our perspective and will work with us in making wise plans.

We should be able to plan and pool together our knowledge, skills, and resources in order to face our trials . For example: My husband has collected several dutch ovens and a supply of charcoals. We have a friend or family member who has food items, so we cook their food in our ovens and share the meal. More and more frequently, out of necessity, we will see this sort of cooperation taking place!

We all have knowledge, talents, skills, and resources that we can share if we have a mindset to do so.  Speak with your close family members and friends and see what you and they have that can be pooled during these times. This is how our pioneers were able to get through hard times during the days of the Old Wild West and other times in history?  It is healthy for society when people to combine what they have and share it with someone in need.

Have you thought about what you have to share with those you trust and what they have to share with you as well? If you have not thought about it before, perhaps you will now.  As I said before, there is no need to face trials alone. We were created to need each other and have talents and gifts given to us by our creator to share with people to make their lives better. If we do not use them for this purpose, we may lose them. Life will feel unsatisfying and we will not feel content in the live we live. Remember this when you see an opportunity to help someone who needs what you have and make the choice to help.

I would love to hear your stories and how you or your ancestors made it through difficult times by combining their resources.

My love and prayers are with you as you make plans for handling the recession and/or your personal crisis.

I found this email I received today quite amusing and interesting at the same time. I don’t know if the facts are true but I suspect they are. In any case, I’ve been using butter instead of margarine for years.

Pass The Butter .. Please.

This is interesting . .. .

Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten  turkeys.  When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put  all the money into the research wanted a payback so they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this product to get  their money back.

It was a white substance with no food appeal so they added the yellow coloring and sold it to people to use in place of butter.  How do you like it?   They have come out with some clever new flavorings..

DO  YOU KNOW.. The difference between margarine and butter?

Read on to the end…gets very interesting!

Both  have the same amount of calories.

Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams; compared to 5 grams for margarine.

Eating margarine can increase heart diseasein women by 53% overeating the same amount of butter, according to a recent  Harvard  Medical Study.

Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods.

Butter has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few and only because they are added!

Butter tastes much better than margarine and it can enhance the flavours of other foods.

Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has been around for less than 100 years.

And now, for Margarine.

Very High in Trans fatty acids.

Triples risk of coronary heart disease.

Increases total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad cholesterol) and lowers HDL cholesterol, (the good cholesterol).

Increases the risk of cancers up to five times.

Lowers  quality of breast milk.

Decreases immune response.

Decreases insulin response.

And  here’s the most disturbing fact…. HERE  IS  THE  PART  THAT  IS  VERY INTERESTING!

Margarine is but ONE  MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC… and shares 27 ingredients with PAINT

These facts alone were enough to have me avoiding margarine for life and anything else that is hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is added, changing the molecular structure of the substance).

You can try this yourself:

Purchase a tub of margarine and leave it open in your garage or shaded area.  Within a couple of days you will notice a couple of things:

* no flies, not even those pesky fruit flies will go near it  (that should tell you something)

*it does not rot or smell differently because it has no nutritional value; nothing will grow on it. Even those teeny weeny microorganisms will not a find a home to grow.  Why?  Because it is nearly plastic.  Would you melt your Tupperware and  spread that on your toast?

Share This With Your Friends…..(If you want to butter them up’)!

Chinese Proverb:  When someone shares something of value with you and you benefit from it, you have a moral obligation to share it with others.

Pass the BUTTER PLEASE

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