I'm looking for stories about persons who have overcome great hardships and made successes of their lives. If you can give me some leads or submissions it would be greatly appreciated. I'm either editing them or publishing them as submitted for posting on our Website: StMarysCarlePlace. Hope you can help. Any questions or material would be welcome in an  eMail to john.rhein3@Gmail.com

There are many unsung heros whose life stories could be an inspirational resource for others. Modern Horatio Algers are making America a better place to live, and I would like to give them some exposure on my Blog, "Rhein Watch Trend Tracker" and on WWW.StMarysCarlePlace.org. Could these "real life experience" ripples become a wave? I'll bet they can.

This idea was triggered by a question  posed to me many years ago by a dear friend the late Charles Holman, who asked me what I was doing to improve the human condition. At the time I was publisher of EQUITIES magazine and I responded with a description of what my partner, Bob Flaherty (both of us FORBES magazine veterans) and I  were trying to accomplish. Our "halcyon years" were being spent bringing promising public companies to the attention of potential investors. The net result of our effort could make a huge contribution to the prosperity of our country. Small publicly held companies that had merit would be able to attract the necessary capital to expand, This expansion would provide jobs for thousands of persons and serve the public with needed products and services that would better their lives. 

In a macro sence our energies were focused upon making better tomorrows today. Bob and I no longer have a business relationship, but he remains a treasured friend. He is still doing the same thing, only now he has caught the digital wave that we predicted  in the the 80s  would reshape the entire business and financial landscapes as well as our whole global culture. You can "beam him up" on on the Web at Flaherty Financial News. Its nice to know there is a place people can still go to get the insights of this great human being who has a track record to by any analyst of corporate performance.