Life, Legacy, Family & Living Your Dreams

One of my best friends (and first business mentors) known as "Swano", speaks about life, legacy, travel, business, freedom and living your dreams before you time on earth is up.

Brian, you freaking rock bro! I still remember the first time we met in Cancun at the poolside bar @ a Mastermind Conference - what a trip it's been! Say hi to Rhonda & the little one ;) enjoy Fiji, looking forward to catching waves with ya sometime soon :)
Enjoy

QC

The World In 4 Years...

Think About It.

Do Something About It.
&
Make A Difference,

Quinton Carlin

The "Golden Rule"

Someone just forwarded me this email after reading my last blog post (btw, I LOVE getting feedback from people that take the time to read my posts! I appreciate and welcome any feedback & input or if there is something you would want to learn more about, let me know).

So I copied and pasted the following which was emailed to me & written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning News...it caused some controversy, but I think that it carries a very powerful message not many people openly talk about...

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"My confession:
I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees, Christmas trees. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against. That's what they are, Christmas trees.

It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, 'Merry Christmas' to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesn't bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu . If people want a creche, it's just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away.

I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from, that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution and I don't like it being shoved down my throat.

Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship celebrities and we aren't allowed to worship God as we understand Him? I guess that's a sign that I'm getting old, too. But there are a lot of us who are wondering where these celebrities came from and where the America we knew went to.

In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke; it's not funny, it's intended to get you thinking.

Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her 'How could God let something like this happen?' (regarding Hurricane Katrina). Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said, 'I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?'

In light of recent events... terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found a few years ago) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school. The Bible says thou shalt not kill; thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.

Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave, because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide).. We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said okay.

Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.

Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with 'WE REAP WHAT WE SOW.'

Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's "going to hell". Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says. Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace.

Are you laughing yet?

Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it.

Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.

Pass it on if you think it has merit.

If not, then just discard it.... no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, don't sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in.

My Best Regards, Honestly and respectfully,

Ben Stein"

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- I feel that as a universal society, many have forgotten "The Golden Rule": treat others as you would like to be treated...so lets make it a conscious effort to remember it & act accordingly with our brothers & sisters that share this world with...

If you think that Ben Stein's message has merit, copy & paste his speech and forward it to those who want / need to hear it.

Wishing You All My Best,

Quinton

"Angels"

I got this email from a friend. It made me think of a very special person & relationship I used to have, and a person that I miss alot.
Pay attention to what you read.

After you have finished reading it, you will know the reason it was
written for you.

Here it goes:

"People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime.

When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that
Person..

When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need
You have expressed.

They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with
Guidance and support,

To aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually.

They may seem like a godsend and they are.

They are there for the reason you need them to be.

Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time,

This person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an End.

Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away.

Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand.

What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire
Fulfilled, their work is done.

The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has
Come to share, grow or learn.

They bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh.

They may teach you something you have never done.

They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy.

Believe it, it is real. But only for a season.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons,

Things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional
Foundation.

Your job is to accept the lesson,

Love the person and put what you have learned to use in all other
Relationships and areas of your life.

It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

Thank you for being a part of my life,

Whether you were a reason, a season or a lifetime.

Send this to every friend that you have on-line,

Including the person who sent it to you..

0 Replies - you may need to work on your 'people skills'

2 Replies - you are nice but probably need to be more outgoing

4 Replies - you have picked your friends well!

6 Replies - you are downright popular

8 Replies or More - you are totally awesome

(and that's probably why you're on MY list)

I wonder what mine will be.

LOVE,
YOUR GUARDIAN ANGEL

Forward this message the same day you received it.

It may sound ridiculous, but it is right on time.

We believe that something is about to happen.

Angels exist, only sometimes they haven't got wings and we call them
Friends; you are one of them.

Something wonderful is about to happen to you and your friends.

Tomorrow at 10.35am somebody will address you and tell you
Something you have been waiting to hear.

Please do not break it.

Send it to at least 7 of your friends."

Very rarely do we acknowledge and appreciate people that pass in & out of our lives, and because of this, I just want to say: "Thank you" to everyone who has played a part in my life, no matter how big or small. I appreciate you...

All My Best,

Quinton Carlin