When I first heard about this, I was shocked. How in the hell would anyone allow a convict to come live in their home with one small child and a pregnant wife? But then I knew Cubans are half crazy, so I never gave it much thought. Manny had also attended Wheaton College as a Chuck Colson scholar after being released from prison himself. The minute I spoke with Manny, it seemed as if I had known him for a million years. He was loud like me, laughed as hard as I laughed, and was also a former baseball player and convicted felon.  

In my father's last hours, he called my brother, my mom, and me into the room where he was laying and prayed that God would forgive him for all his sins, as he thanked God for all he had given him. He turned to my mom told her she was the greatest thing that had happened to him and would she please forgive him; she looked at him and walked out of the room. He died 15 minutes later. This act destroyed my brother and me, and it ended up consuming her life. 

When comedian Jerry Seinfeld read the article, he immediately posted his rebuttal in the NY Times Opinion, Jerry Seinfeld: So, You Think NY is Dead.  In his rebuttal article, Seinfeld argues that Altucher is wrong, and that is ok to do in a civil world; what is not ok, is how Seinfeld went about his argument.  Seinfeld does not engage Altucher with facts, but instead, he begins a tirade of insults on Altucher, he writes: "The last thing we need in the thick of so many challenges is some putz on LinkedIn wailing and whimpering, "Everyone's gone! I want 2019 back!" Oh, shut up, imagine being in a real war with this guy by your side. " And he goes on with a tirade of further insults.

As a young man, before I joined the cartel, I looked at gangsters as the ultimate man. They had power, people feared them, lived a luxurious life, and it seemed that they had all the women. As an up and coming young executive with the Federal Reserve Bank, with immense potential, I also was fascinated by these people, and deep down inside I wanted to be like them, without the criminal element. So, I found myself rooting for the bad guy even though I knew they were horrible human beings that had caused a lot of pain to many people.

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When I saw this, what turmoil filled my heart! I saw myself so stupid and so ignorant; I must seem like an animal to you, O God. But even so, you love me! You are holding my right hand! You will guide me all my life with your wisdom and counsel, and afterward, receive me into the glories of heaven! Whom have I in heaven but you? And I desire no one on earth as much as you! My health fails; my spirits droop, yet God remains! He is the strength of my heart; he is mine forever! But those refusing to worship God will perish, for he destroys those serving other gods.  But as for me, I get as close to him as I can! I have chosen him, and I will tell everyone about the wonderful ways he rescues me.