“How To Remain Positive In The Face Of Evil” (from my book)

BOSTON reminds us of the World Trade Center act.

At 9:03 A.M., I saw the second plane in a precise angle purposely crash and disappear into the South Tower. I yelled for my wife, who was then taking her turn in the bathroom, to see what had happened. We heard about two more plane crashes that day: the Pentagon was hit at 9:43 A.M. and the downing of the passenger jet in Somerset County, PA, took place at 10:10 A.M. I had witnessed a tragic, historical event that changed America and the world. The security and safety Americans

had taken for granted disappeared in the fireballs of four planes that crashed in New York City, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C.

I was thankful that I had no relatives who were lost in the World Trade Center attacks. Yet, I felt that a part of me died that day. My belief in mankind was shaken.

In the following days and weeks, New Yorkers and Americans experienced pain that seemed endless as the country witnessed the devastation of the attacks. Rescuers worked day after day in a painstaking search for all the victims.

The craziness of the world’s brutality had finally reached our streets and lives. How could it happen? Terrorism was never supposed to be this close to our homes. Bombs and terrorist acts had always been things that happened in far away places. I had only heard about violence in some other country, some other place, but I was not prepared to witness almost three thousand people dying in New York City.

How do you keep from having this horrific attack drain your energy and affect your emotions? How can you keep motivated to achieve positive action? How can you forge ahead? It is hard not to dwell on the uncertainty of future terrorist acts against Americans. How can we not be

consumed with worry and doubt?

You must first put your faith and trust in God, believing that good prevails over evil. You have to have faith in the government, the president, our elected officials, and our proven democracy. The 9/11 attack on our buildings and cities was the warning bell alerting us to protect our

democracy from those who hate democratic principles and ideals.

9/11 does not have to drive us to hate. If others hate America and perceive it as being too selfish, then this is the time for Americans to help other people in other countries in new ways. America needs to be that special light in the world that shows others that democracy is always a better choice, rather than terrorism, hatred, and all forms of tyranny.

9/11 is a reminder that we should live to do more each day because each day is a blessing not be taken lightly. Being alive means you have been given more time to accomplish more good things in your life. Your life multiplied by time equals greater accomplishments.

Remember the Parable of the Talents and the son that hid his talents so not to risk losing them? Meanwhile, his other brother multiplied his talents by using them. The lesson is that you have talents that should be used. I believe many people never use their talents to their fullest extent.

That means that there are billions of people in the world who are living lives below their potential. The great tragedy is that many don’t care. They get up, do some work, and go to sleep having done the minimum.

Imagine how much better the world would be if some of those billions of people started working to attain new goals for themselves and were driven to achieve greatness.

The whole world would improve as billions of people start to excel, discover new inventions, and make the entire A better place.

By using your talents and developing new skills, not only do you reap greatness, you can change the world and make it a better place.

“There comes a time in a man’s life when to

get where he has to go-if there are no doors

or windows-he walks through a wall.”

--Bernard Malamud

American Author

(1914-1986)

I believe that the victims of 9/11 and all of our friends and relatives who have passed on are looking down on you I believe in God and in the hereafter. I truly believe there is much more than this here-and-now, our flesh and bones, and our time we are given on earth. I believe our

time on earth is a test, and we get a score as to how well we have used our talents.

9/11 taught the whole nation about getting through grief and moving forward with a new determination to stand strong for freedom, democracy, and the noble goals of America. Americans had a choice -- to give in to the many heartless and cold-blooded killers holed

up throughout the world, or to take freedom, democracy, and the good things about America to other parts of the world.

You have choices in your life, too. You can be a follower or you can lead others with your creative imagination and example. You can be average or you can “be different” by attaining greater goals. You can be mediocre or you can attain greatness. I choose to be different in order to achieve greatness.

“Man’s happiness in life is the result of

man’s own effort and is neither the gift

of God nor a spontaneous natural product.”

--Ch’en Tu-hsiu

Chinese Editor

(1879-1942)

You are like the tree that is destined to grow tall, the bird that soars high, and the water that flows with new life to quench the thirst of others.

Your very birth was a fabulous miracle. You have the talents to do the extraordinary. By using your creative imagination, your life will become an outpouring of miracles that will help others.

Your opportunities abound. May you soar to greatness every day.

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KEEP IT ALL IN PERSPECTIVE

“Here is something that appeared in Harper’s Weekly: (from my book)
‘It’s a gloomy moment in the history of our country.
Not in the lifetime of most men has there been so
much grave and deep apprehension.
The domestic economic situation is ...in chaos. The
dollar is weak around the world. Prices are so high as to
be utterly impossible.
The political caldron seethes and bubbles with
uncertainty. Russia hangs as usual like a cloud - dark
and silent upon the horizon. It’s a solemn moment. Of
our troubles, no man can see the end.’

Does that sound familiar? Well, that article was
written in October 1857, just four years before the
Civil War. There were poor crops, bank closures, social
problems, business failures and government debts.”
There will always be negative situations, events, and
attitudes surrounding you. The world and the people in it
are not perfect. Negatives can become “good” or “useful,”
if those negatives motivate you to change your negatives
into positive results and to accomplish something great.
Negativity always has to be kept in proper prospective.
Learning to overcome life’s problems and setbacks will
help you to reach a new greatness. Strive to be different and
greater than your setbacks.

Does the average person give in to defeat and negativity?
How can you be different? How can you be successful? Start
by minimizing the attention you give to worrying.
There’s a great saying: “Don’t sweat the small stuff,
and it’s all small stuff.”

Abundance of Opportunities
Consider, too, how times have improved over the
centuries. If you lived in the 1700s, it might take you three
days to go 300 miles. It’s no wonder that many people grew
up living and dying in the same general area where they
were born, having seldom traveled.
Ben Franklin was different. At the early age of
seventeen, he set out to find a life for himself. He left
Boston, his birthplace, and hitched aboard a ship headed to
New York, a very rough three-day trip in his day. Unable to
secure work, he moved on to Philadelphia, where he started
his new life.
Today, you can simply take a jet plane to a warm climate
within hours. It’s a better life by far than what life was like
two or three hundred years ago. Also, what we consider
toys today, were unthinkable fifty years ago. Today you can
buy your son or daughter a $1,000 computer toy. Some toy!
If you wanted to, you could drive a car from New York
to beautiful Florida. You have the freedom to travel. Nice
country, America, isn’t it?

You don’t have to ask permission to leave your home.
There is no immediate threat of attack from a foreign
country; no tanks are in our streets fighting a war. I imagine
this is the best time in the history of America when there
has been this much freedom and money so easy to come
by.

Today is a great time to be alive. You can go or do almost
anything you wish. I know people who quit their jobs and
take off for months to do whatever they want, while they
live off their savings.

You have the freedom and the opportunity to choose
to do whatever you wish, at anytime you wish to do it. Few
other countries in the world offer you as many opportunities
to be great and to excel as America does.
In 1915, you had to be rich to own an automobile. Now,
some families have four cars, most of which are fairly new.
We have food in such abundance in this country; so much
so that obesity is becoming a severe problem. There are fast
food restaurants providing meals for only ninety-nine cents.
Food is affordable.

With the abundance of opportunities around us, what
you do with your life is entirely up to you. Thousands of
people are risking their lives to cross the border illegally to
have the same opportunities we have.
So many obstacles have been moved out of the way
for you. As the Army states, you can “be all that you can
be,” but you need to acquire an all-consuming “desire” for
whatever you want. Your subconscious mind has the power
to do the rest to help your conscious mind carry forth its
goal.

So, learn to use your mind as a filter in a positive way.
All the great inventors have learned to do this. They had to
filter out all the negative comments, influences and defeatist
attitudes that surround them every day. Edison had to get
past the derision of others to perfect the light bulb. He could
have chosen to give up on his inventions and be an average
person, but would we have the electric light bulb today?
What are you capable of? Will your new accomplishments
influence others and maybe the whole world?"
C-J. Carinci from the book: The Power Of Being Different
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QUOTES TO MAKE YOU THINK:

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.” - William W. Purkey
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”― Mae West
“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”― Elbert Hubbard
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”― Mahatma Gandhi
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”― Maya Angelou
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”― Oscar Wilde
“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.”― Bil Keane
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