Message-ID: <3651388.1075860837294.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 07:49:40 -0800 (PST) From: mike.underwood@enron.com To: kenneth.lay@enron.com Subject: Words of encouragement Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: Underwood, Mike X-To: Lay, Kenneth X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Kenneth_Lay_Mar2002\Lay, Kenneth\Inbox X-Origin: Lay-K X-FileName: klay (Non-Privileged).pst Dear Mr. Lay =09Through all of the trials and negativity that is occurring I would like = to send these words of encouragement from my family and I. I have been wit= h this company 21 years. We have had many wonderful and exciting years wit= h Enron. When I first met my wife six years ago she was 90% in both ears. = Through the blessing of our insurance plan she now today has 98% hearing c= apacity in both ears. The many years of working for Enron has provided me = with a steady job and a good income, while allowing me to work on my Ph.D. = The many friendships and relationships I have been blessed with through wo= rking for this company will be treasured for the rest of my life. Yes, I a= m one of the employees who have lost their retirement, but through all of t= his my wife and I would like to send our vote of confidence to you and the = board to be able to find ways to make the impossible happen. This company = was built to be one of the worlds largest companies through your efforts ov= er the past several years. Yes, there has been experiments in going beyond= normal paradigms and there has been mistakes made. But through the mistak= es is where the true gift of learning and stability comes. =09The ultimate challenge in life is not how much money one can make or tha= t first ultimate achievement. The ultimate challenge in life is "CAN I DO = IT AGAIN?" We believe, that Enron can learn from what is happening and even= tually become bigger, better, and stronger than it has ever been. And we b= elieve that you, Ken Lay, CAN DO IT AGAIN, bigger and better than it was do= ne before. =20 =09I remember once reading about Donald Trump going into bankruptcy. He su= mmoned before him the best advisors in the world to pull the most educated = and smartest financial people together to find a solution, and he moved on = to build bigger and better investments. "HE DID IT AGAIN." =09The true answers to the impossible come from the heart during our quiet = moments with ourselves, in these moments I know you will find the answers. = My family and I have chosen to start the turn around of the negativity int= o a positive direction by believing that you and our board can make the imp= ossible happen. We have freely chosen to take the last $10,000 we have in = our 401k and invest it into Enron Stock as a show of faith to ourselves tha= t we believe the impossible can happen. If anyone does not have the faith = in themselves to make this happen please let our faith in you be yours for = now. Enron has always tried to go beyond the normal paradigms and can take= advantage of this tremendous opportunity to create the impossible and do s= omething that has never been done before. "WE CAN DO IT AGAIN!" =09My family and I send all of you our love, faith and belief in yourself t= o do the impossible Michael Underwood Northern Natural Gas Minneapolis, Minnesota