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Name: Jason
Country: United States
State: Michigan
Metro: Grand Rapids
Birthday: 3/11/1986
Gender: Male
Interests: yeah I'm pretty different, I save lives for a hobby....but I also like Hunting.....Fishing.....anything else outside...... most sports, movies, meeting new people, reading, and helping others
Expertise: I am an excellent life saver, I know a little about a lot of things other than that.
Occupation: IBO, EMT-B, FF, HHA, CPR-I
Industry: Medical
Message: message me
AIM:  cjasonfish
Yahoo:  cjasonfish
Member Since:
12/10/2004
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| I have a really hard time starting a habit on my own. Sometimes I really like having some one else right there doing it with me. I guess the biggest habit I want to get going on is studying the bible. I Really want to know more about it. I don't have the commitment to take a college course for it yet or anything, but I have a desire for it. I need someone who wants to work through it with me. Someone that I will be able to talk to about it and discuss it with. Someone who will help keep me on the right track and focused on it. The only problem is that the person I wanted that to be, I like her to much and we usually spend our time doing other things. We need to refocus some of our energies to the bible, I want her to the be the one that I do this with.
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| I am currently reading a book called The Ghost Mountain Boys. It goes into a lot of detail as to what hardships the Red Arrow Division in the WWII really went through. (side note: that division was from Michigan and Wisconsin mostly. My Grandfather was in that division) As I am reading it, I am gaining so much appreciation for the Men and Women who served or who are serving our country. Looking back at the hardships though, it is hard to believe that most of those men kept trudging through everything they did. I wonder what kept them going. I am sure their families, the fear of dying where they were, but I am sure that some of it was also love of country. The Red Arrow Division faced the worst conditions of the war. They had the least amount of supplies, the wrong supplies, the worst terrain(hiking all day might have gotten them a couple miles on a good day), disease, malnutrition, and the most days in battle than any other unit in the entire war. Am an advocate of war, not really, but will I always give moral support to those who serve our country, OF COURSE, ALWAYS! Sometimes I wonder how many people really understand why we have the freedoms that we have in the USA. It is because of the hardships of few that made it for us. I wonder how many people forget the initial cause of a battle, or the start of why something is the way it is or why something needs to change. It seems like so many people stand up for something and they don't have a clue as to why. They are doing it for popularity purposes, they are following the crowd, or they are just there at the time. I think before someone really stands up for a cause, they really need to look back and know what the cause is, what it stands for, and why they are there. Standing up for something that you have no idea, why you are there, or it effects you in no way is pointless. Why are people like that? We need to know why we believe what we believe, not just to stand up for something.
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| This Sunday at church, Fr. Bill had a pretty good sermon on Hope. I don't remember all the details or anything, but I do remember that it was very good. He did talk about how when we are at wits end...there is always hope and strength because God is right next to us taking a large portion of the burden. I think that just knowing there is help can get you through a lot. I honestly feel sorry for people who have no faith, who have no hope. Their life is all they know...what is after that for them? What is their purpose of living? There is also the problem where people start to lose hope. When people lose hope, that is probably the worst thing that can happen to a person. They almost turn into a machine, their life may no longer hold any passion. They stop expecting life to turn for the better, and they just play the game of working to pay off debts that they probably will never get rid of. The worst part of all, is that America was founded on hope, and we as a society of people who have some of the greatest freedoms in the world, are losing so much hope for everything in life. It is so wrong. It almost seems like a nasty trap. You start out with hope, ambitions, goals, dreams, etc. and then as you start to get some of the small ones, you start going into debt. Once you start going into debt, they begin to lose hope, as they lose hope they forget about the dreams, goals, and desires, and it just continues downward...Please keep hope in your life, help me to keep hope in mine, and help others to keep it in theirs.
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| Some times I wonder if my background is helpful, or hurtful. I look at everything I have done already: I am too familiar with the grieving process, I have played several sports, I know some electronics, electrical wiring, automotive, Fire, EMS, most parts of construction, cement work, work working, computers, leadership, religion, metal fabrication, machine repair/maintenance, machine production, quality checks, fork lifts, gardening, fishing, hunting, camping, hiking, teaching, music, cooking, ropes, plumbing, Spanish, engineering, CAD, business, HAZ MAT, many different disabilities, and there are many others that I have dipped my toes into, and then the random useless knowledge. No, all of those things that I have done, I really liked learning. Looking back on it, I have experienced so many things. The problem comes in when I am usable in these things, but I don't really feel that I am good at any of this. I learn what I can, but I either lack experience or heart for all of these. For being 22 years old, I really have done a lot, but it is time for me to pick out the thing I want to throw my heart into. For now, it is going to be EMS. That is something that I would always like to have as a hobby. So, as I am becoming good at EMS I am going to oil up my theology knowledge as well. I think that will be a great combination for some years for me! I made up my mind!
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| Ok, so I think a lot of you know that I have been tossing around the idea of being a priest for a little while now. I still am tossing it around, but I know not many people ever read this so I think it is okay to say without people thinking of me as a fake. Sometimes it is nice when people don't pay attention to you! ha ha.....anyways...There are a lot of people out there that have big hearts to help people in one way or another. I know a lot of people that work in a place where a special skill is needed, such as a nurse, home health aide, paramedic, EMT, FireFighter, etc. There are an endless amount. I have done a few of those personally and I enjoyed them to a certain degree, but I just feel like I need to do so much more. Everyone has a vocation in life, some never find it, I think those who found their vocation love there job, no matter what it is, but I also think there are way too many people who have not found their passion and are doing what they are just for the money, or they kinda fell into it. I just am not happy with the Home Health Aide, I feel like I am wasting my life, perhaps it is the clients I work with, but I just feel like I could be doing so much more. So that is what I am going to do, something more. I just don't know how that is going to come about. Priest is one idea, but starting a business is another. No matter that I do, I need something that is completely full fulling. I need something that it will be a challenge for me to grow in and work with. I am no longer challenged with worthwhile challenges at work, I hate it. So the thought I was throwing out there, is that the business I run challenge people at home. Which if you think about it, that can come across in may different ways. I think it is a vital point to start in the rebuilding of America. America needs to rebuilt, the foundation of our country is falling apart. No one person can do it, it will take the entire nation to take on responsibility. WOW what a CHALLENGE! I fell I need to take part in that challenge, start with myself, and then help others in areas that they want to grow in, and just keep spreading. So, I think that I need to focus on individuals to help them hold strong as they are still part of the foundation of America, and then as a large group, we need to start pulling those pieces that have fallen out of the foundation back to the foundation and continue the parttern. We need to remember that all things fall apart when they are not constantly being strengthened. Muscle, you mind, a technical skill, grass, whatever, if it is not being strengthened, it is breaking down. I need to help do my part in fixing America.
If I don't got the way of a priest, then I would be looking for a girl who has a huge desire to help me, to work with me. A strong willed, passionate, caring, kind, hard-working girl. I know there are a lot out there....but to find one that really has the desires to accomplish what I want to....I think she is going to be really hard to find, if not near impossible, she would really need to be sent down from God for me. I don't think any other way is possible.
Well the challenge is before me....I just need to start with it. Any ideas where? How much more learning do I need before I get started? How much practice? any ways, I know that was kinda long and by saying it was long I am adding length to it, but what the heck? Let me know if you have some ideas!
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