Thursday, September 25, 2008

Don't give up

I have just viewed this short video about some one that had to start all over at a advanced age. You can see this video at http://www.20milliondollarman.com/. It is a short video and the reason I find it interesting is that I can relate to it.
For 24 years I owned and operated a night club on Bourbon St. ( The Tricou House, 711 Bourbon St. ) then came a series of problem. The fire department wanted changes to the building that would cost over $400,000.00 and untill they were made demanded I keep a "fire watch" ( this was a off duty fireman that I had to pay $25.00 per hour for him to set in my upstairs room doing nothing when ever I opened my upstairs. The anual cost of this if I was to keep the same hours of operation was $105,000.00 per yr)
My manager was locked up for fraud in a Texas case and I found he had been lying and stealing from me for a six month period of time. The people that owned the building took this opertunity to start a second law suite againt me to break the lease and take away my business ( they had failed is a first attemp four yr eariler). I was forced into chapt. 11.
Then came Katrina.
I had been living in Waveland Ms. for over 23 years and my house was over a mile from the water. The house was completely covered in water and all my possessions were destroyed. I had a contract to buy the house and even though the owner had agreed to give me a third of the insurance money, when the insurance payed off she gave me nothing and since all of my paper work on the house was distroyed I had no nothing to prove I had ownership rights.
The owners of the Tricou House offered to give me some money if I would just walk away from the business and so I did.
I now live in a MEMA cottage in Bay St. Louis Ms , living on SS and trying to find the funds to finish my son's house which was also destroyed during Katrina.
The importain thing to remember is that everything that happens to us in this life we have created ourselves and all events and happening are for our spiritual growth. Since we create our own lives that means we can do with it as we will and so I am working on creating a new life and a new way to make money. I am 64 and ready to start anew. WFH
Ps. you can get your free copy of this book by following this link.http://www.20milliondollarman.com/