Brooklyn Real Estate Q&A and Info

Times are difficult for many right now.  People are losing their jobs, many who have jobs are underemployed (unable to meet their financial obligations) and many self-employed persons, like real estate agents, are struggling to stay financially solvent.  Let’s face it, its tough out there.

Whenever I begin to think its time to throw in the towel and give up, I think of Abraham Lincoln the 22 President of the United States.  Known for the Emancipation Proclamation, the Gettysburg Address and many other great speeches and acts as the 16th President of the United States, you might be surprised to find that he was also a failure at a good many things.

Take a look at Abraham Lincoln’s list of failures, defeats and mishaps that led up to what some would say was the ultimate success as one of the greatest American Presidents:

1832  Failed in Business – bankruptcy

1832  Defeated for legislature

1834  Failed in Business – bankruptcy

1835  Fiance died

1836  Nervous breakdown

1838  Defeated in election

1843  Defeated for U.S. Congress

1848  Defeated for U.S. Congress

1855  Defeated for U.S. Senate

1856  Defeated for Vice President

1858  Defeated for U.S. Senate

1860  Elected President of The United States of America

So the next time life has you down, think of Abraham Lincoln, a humble man from humble beginnings who never give up, even after devastating defeats, and became a prominent figure in American history because he didn’t.

I originally wasn’t going to write anything about September 11th, not because I don’t care, or I want it to be forgotten or I don’t think its important.  It’s because I don’t like to feel the sorrow and relive the fear I experienced that day.  Not as raw as it was 10 years ago, but it will still come to the surface if I let it.

I didn’t know the true meaning of fear until that day.  I’d seen horror on the evening news, seen it dramatized in the movies and on television, but it’s indescribably worse when you watch people die in so many terrible ways with your own eyes.  The sights, the smells, the sounds.  Horrible.

My heart goes out to those who lost their lives on that day and the family members who have had to live with their loss since then.  I gained even more respect for New York City’s “Bravest” and “Finest” that day and the days that followed and I wish them all well and thank them wholeheartedly for putting their lives on the line to protect and save mine.

May we never again experience events like the ones that occurred on September 11, 2001.  In a perfect world, my words would come true, but in the world we live in now….Regardless, the human spirit cannot be broken unless we let it.

New York City (and the rest of the nation) has survived.  To live in this city you have to be a little nuts anyway, and we New Yorkers are tough nuts to crack.