"WE HAVE CHOICES IN LIFE- DON'T EVER FORGET THAT!!!"

"WE HAVE CHOICES IN LIFE- DON'T EVER FORGET THAT!!!"
“Here is something that appeared in Harper's Weekly:
‘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.
C-2005 J, Carinci
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ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING!!

ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING!!
“A man came across three masons who were working at chipping chunks of granite from large blocks. The first seemed unhappy at his job, chipping away and frequently looking at his watch. When the man asked what it was that he was doing, the first mason responded, rather curtly, “I’m hammering this stupid rock, and I can’t wait ’til 5 when I can go home.”
”A second mason, seemingly more interested in his work, was hammering diligently and when asked what it was that he was doing, answered, “Well, I’m molding this block of rock so that it can be used with others to construct a wall. It’s not bad work, but I’ll sure be glad when it’s done.”
”A third mason was hammering at his block fervently, taking time to stand back and admire his work. He chipped off small pieces until he was satisfied that it was the best he could do. When he was questioned about his work he stopped, gazed skyward and proudly proclaimed, “I…am building a cathedral!”
“Three men, three different attitudes, all doing the same job.”
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"I BELIEVE"

**"I Believe"** from my upcoming self help book J. Carinci (soon to be released)
"I have my own strong beliefs. I believe in God. I believe that we were all created to be great. Some of us along the way have gotten off track with our thinki...ng, but we can once again get back in the game.
I believe that we were each put on earth to make a difference of some kind. We were put here to help, to be a positive influence, and touch other lives. We are here to give back, not to keep taking. To lift someone up and never tear them down.
I believe that life on earth is very short. Shorter than what the average age of 85 works out to be in our minds. In other words, eternity is what we will ultimately have after life on earth.
I believe that we are given the opportunity to build a life here on earth, and one day we each will have to make a full accounting of that life, answering completely.
What if, my beliefs hold true? What if we all get to spend an eternity in the hereafter with all our loved ones? What if we get to review in precise detail, with our loved ones, each second of our lives? We have a scorecard here on earth, one most of us seem to ignore. But what if I am right, and we have to explain all of our actions, achievements, good deeds, charity, and help extended to others? What if?
I believe that everything on earth happens for a reason. Though sometimes sad things in life are very hard to understand and explain, they are here for our learning. When a child dies so young. When I come across a paralyzed man named Ken, who has been in a wheelchair for over 20 years, and can’t move most of his body, it is for a reason. When I hear just the other day that a 36 year old woman, eight months pregnant, is run down and killed in a parking lot by a plow removing snow, and the baby is delivered, but may be brain damaged.
When I lose a school friend of mine Gil, who dies in a car accident at age 19, and I have to deliver my first insurance death claim as a first year life insurance agent. It is all for a reason. I believe.
I believe that everything that happens on earth is God’s plan to help us stay on track. To remind us that life on earth is but a second in time compared to the eternity we will all have after our life here is closed, and the diaries of our lives are each passed up to the place we will consider Heaven.
My belief is strong, but it is my own belief. It gives me peace. It drives me forward, motivating me to do more, to be more, to help more. But more than anything, I believe, with all my heart that all my loved ones that have passed are rooting loudly for me in the hereafter. I believe I have an audience that I will once again be reunited with. But, I mostly believe that my biggest fan, from above, is God, and I cannot, I dare not disappoint Him. He created greatness when you and I were born, I will not insult him by giving Him back anything but greatness in return."
C-2014 J. Carinci
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