Life Lesson...........I Learned At The Hospital

In the past year, I have been in hospitals.......

A number of times, for myself and my kids!!

Last summer, I had a VERY BAD virus in my throat......

Could not eat or drink for two weeks......

Got VERY dehydrated.......

Ended up in the Emergency Department TWICE......

Pumped THREE IV’s into me and sent me home......

Lost twenty pounds.......AND my taste buds!!!

“Most” of the weight is back.......

The taste buds are still missing!! =-(




Within the past six months.........

I have been in a hospital for TWO of my children.........

Undergoing a major brain surgery........

A congenital defect that put both of them in extreme pain.......

A four to five hour surgery.............

Followed by five days recovery in the hospital........

Another one, this week, for my daughter.......

Related to the above condition.........

Eight hour surgery, to fuse some vertebrae in upper spine.........

Trust me, those hospital chairs are NOT the most comfortable........

To sleep in.........but I stayed overnight.........

To be there for the kids.........

“IF” they needed anything overnight........

Or help them with things they needed to do........





BUT, during the day, as I walked the halls........

I “WATCHED” people........

I “OBSERVED” their actions........

I “LISTENED” to what they were saying........

WITHOUT opening their mouths..........

I “LEARNED” a lot during those days!!!!



Did YOU know that clocks run SLOWER in hospitals????

Allow me to explain..........



My wife and I sat in a waiting room.........

After my daughter was taken to the operating room........

The neurosurgeon advised us.........

Could be a four or five hour surgery...........

It was about that long.......

Waiting to see her in Recovery was very long........

BUT.................

The very next morning, she told us..........

Her pains are gone.......

Headaches, backaches, vision issues, etc..........

GONE after all of these months........

The feeling of RELIEF just floods over us............

On a different floor of the hospital.........

A young man holds up his wife.........

Whispers encouragement in her ear.........

“Do your breathing exercises, Honey........”

“Push, Honey, push.........”

“Our baby is almost here........”

She is panting........sweating........pushing.........

Labor has been going on for HOURS.........

The contraction pain has been intense........

Been a hard pregnancy and difficult delivery.......

The doctor delivers the little baby girl..........

Cleans and wraps the baby........

Places the little baby on the young Mom’s chest........

The new Dad is smiling from ear to ear........

His eyes are moist with tears.........

The Mom kisses the baby and is teary eyed.......

The feeling of JOY just floods over them!!!





Yet, on another floor........

The surgeon comes out to the waiting room.......

Approaches the parents of the young accident victim.......

“Inspite of our best efforts and surgeons......”

“He was pinned in the wreckage for too long........”

“Blood was pinched off below his knee.......”

“We could not save the leg below that knee........”

“Amputation had to be done.........”

“We are sorry!! We tried!!”

The young high school track star’s Olympic dreams........

And college scholarships are now gone..........

The feeling of DISBELIEF just floods over them.......





Upstairs a couple of floors......

A family stands around a bed.........waiting..........

The eleven year old boy is breathing slowly.......

He has a knitted hat on his head......

Knitted by an older sister.......

It hides the fact that chemo took his hair.........

He had been fighting cancer for a couple of years.......

Recent weeks he got worse.......

No matter what the doctors and nurses did.......

The cancer was winning..........

Yesterday the doctor grimly told the family.......

“It is only a matter of hours for him, I am sorry!!”

Mom, Dad, and two sisters have barely left his bedside.......

The heart monitor is beeping slower.......

His breathing is shorter........shallower.......

Mom is holding his hand.........she squeezes it.......

He is unable to squeeze back............

The heart monitor gives a low, steady tone........

His breathing stops...........

The feeling of GRIEF floods over them...........





A hospital is an amazing place........

It is where life begins........

It is where life is restored........

It is where bodies are patched......

It is where cuts are stitched.......

It is where broken bones are set......

It is where eyesight is restored........

It is where hearts are repaired........

It is where hearts stop beating as well........

The people that WORK in them........

HAVE TO be amazing as well.......

To accomplish what they do.......

Experience what they experience........

See what they have to see........

Do what they have to do.........

Watch a life begin........

Watch a life suffer.......

Watch a tragedy change a life.......

Watch a life end.........

ALL of that without letting it destroy THEM........

(Maybe, think twice, before complaining about the high cost of hospital stays)





For those that do NOT believe in “A God”........

Should spend a day in a hospital........

Watch what is happening........

New lives beginning.........

Or ending........

Tragedies ceased........

Tragedies winning.......

Sicknesses clearing up........

Diseases taking over and winning.......

But, most of all.......

Watch the people.......

Watch the emotions.......

Read their faces.......

Listen to what they say.......

Without them speaking.........

They WILL speak VOLUMES.......

If YOU are open to listening........

IF ONLY the “emotional energy” expelled in a hospital........

Could be harnessed and converted to electricity........

We would need NO MORE Power Plants anymore!!!!





How about YOU?????

I am sure YOU have had similar experiences.......

Emotional “Highs” and “Lows”........

It IS a part of Life and WILL happen.........

You may NEVER know WHEN........

All I ask is that YOU are prepared........

While you are experiencing them........

People, just like ME, are watching YOU.......

Not to “mock” you........

Maybe to comfort you, if you let us........

It is just that “WE”, are open enough.......

To “SEE” you during this.........

And “LEARN” from it as well.........

In case YOU did not know this........

I am writing this WHOLE story.........

With LOVE for YOU , the reader..........

Because, I AM...........JASON NAGEL!!

Dear Sara........Love, Mom

As the applause was fading. Jerry Tompkins unbuttoned his suit coat to be more comfortable....

His hand reached down and touched the rose on the empty seat next to him.....

His daughter, Sara Tompkins, had just walked up to the podium......

Her blue eyes beamed, her smile was broad, her teeth glistened.....

Her blonde hair flowed from beneath her graduation cap, to her shoulders and her gown.....

She set her notes on the podium, looked out over the crowd, and began....

”Dear Sutherland Class of 2011, parents, family, and friends,....”

“Principal Patterson, Sutherland Faculty, Staff, and Alumni.....”

“Today, as the 2011 Valedictorian, I will call this speech,
'Your Legacy Starts NOW!’”

“As we leave this school today, our “Legacy” as a student stops today!!”

“Unless we were ‘State Champions’ and a trophy is on display in the hall.....”

“A year from now, FEW people will even remember that you were even here!!”

“The only TRUE ‘Legacy” you can have is through the family you are a part of......”

“And the family that someday, YOU will create with your spouse!!”

“Seventeen plus years ago, my Mom set forth a ‘Legacy” that impacts ME.....”

“Even to this day........and after what I received this morning, today as well!!”






“For those of you that do not know, when my Mom was pregnant with me.....”

“She had become very ill, tests revealed she had a severe cancerous tumor.....”

“Being pregnant, there was no treatment available for her......”

“Some doctors tried to encourage her to terminate the pregnancy......”

“BUT, they could NOT guarantee that she would still survive.....”

“She decided quickly, to carry ME to term, so that ONE life will be spared.....”

“My Mom died, holding me in her arms when I was barely four months old!!!”

“My Dad, though grieved by the loss of his wife, cared for me like NO OTHER Dad would!!”

She glanced, lovingly, at her Dad, seated in the front row......he smiled back to her!!

”He took care of me, helped me when I was sick, taught me things, hugged me.....”

“Loved me when I was bad, Praised me when I did good, helped me with my homework....”

“Took me to sports, summer camp, and is ALWAYS my biggest FAN!!!”

“I LOVE my Dad......but today, I want to tell you about my MOM!!!”




“As soon as my Mom knew she was sick, she started journaling......”

“Everything that happened to her, how she felt, her thoughts about her pregnancy!”

“She even wrote a journal to ME as I was inside her.......and continued once I was born....”

“She wrote as much as she could, each day, and wrote as long as she had the energy to write!!”

“She wrote her dreams for me, her hopes for me, and what God told her about me!!”

“The thing that touches my heart the most.......is what I want to share with you now...”

“She wrote a letter to me, for each year, and put it into a Birthday card......”

“Until I could read by myself, my Dad would read them to me......”

“I still have them all.......and read them frequently......they mean ALOT to me!!”




“For my tenth Birthday, she writes......”

“Dear Sara, Today you turn 10. You must be a big girl by now......”

“I picture you with your blonde hair in pigtails, I sure hope your Dad has learned......”

“How to do those ‘Special’ things for your hair to keep you his ‘Little Princess’.....”

“You should have a tooth or two still missing......but you are still pretty......”

“Give your Dad a BIG HUG, tell him it is from ME......he will give YOU one back!!”

“Smile pretty for the pictures, YOU are Special...........................Love, Mom!!”




“For my fifteenth Birthday, she shared an important secret......”

“Dear Sara, At 15, you are becoming a little Lady, I hope the boys are behaving......”

“I started a journal the day you were born.......for YOUR Husband......”

“Words of Wisdom, Words of Love, and Words of Advice that I would share.....”

“If I was to be there with you when your Wedding Day comes......”

“Your Dad has it, and will give it to your future husband, when you become engaged!”

“I want YOU to start a journal for him as well, NOW, to tell him your dreams.....”

“Your Loves, Your desires, What frightens YOU, and What comforts YOU!!”

“It will become a VALUABLE asset for your future marriage!!”

“Give your Dad a BIG HUG, tell him it is from ME......he will give YOU one back!!”

“Have a GREAT Birthday!!.............................. Love, Mom”




“Dear Sara, Today you turn a ‘Sweet 16’ and soon can start learning how to drive.....”

“I did not have my license when we got married, so your Dad taught ME.......”

“He has LOTS of patience and will teach you as well as he did ME!!!”

“Last year, I asked you to start a journal for your future husband......”

“This year, I would like to see you start one for your future children!!”

“Tell them what type of Mother you hope to be.....sure wish I was a better example!!”

“Share with them about your childhood, so they see you are just like them.....”

“Tell them how much you LOVE them NOW.......and WILL love them in the future!!”

“If you put it in writing, it’ll be easier to follow as well!!”

“Give your Dad a BIG HUG, tell him it is from ME......he will give YOU one back!!”

“Drive careful, Sara! Obey Dad’s rules about the car!....................... Love, Mom”




Sara looked around the crowd, everyone was intently listening to her every word.....

Some eyes were moist, some hands were wiping tears, everyone was silent......

She continued.........






”My Mom wrote out her Legacy, because she could not SHOW ME her Legacy.....”

“Nobody in this auditorium knows when their days on this Earth will end.....”

“My Mom didn’t.......so she used as much time as she could to write it down!!”

“May I encourage ALL of YOU to start something today......”

“For your future spouse, your future children, and for your current family members.....”

“Write about what you have done so far in your life, what you have accomplished.....”

“The broken bones, the bruises, the games won, the games lost......”

“Your first Love, what makes you happy, what makes you sad, why you cry......”

“Write to your future spouse......what you hope and dream about for marriage......”

“Write to your future kids, how many you want, what you dream for them......”

“Put YOUR Legacy in writing........and start it today!!!”






“I will close with TODAY’S card!!!

“Dear Sara........Today you are graduating High School, on to college, I hope.......”

“Congratulations on your accomplishments AND for being Valedictorian!!!”

“If there is ONE thing GOD told me about YOUR future, it IS about today!!”

“I asked your Dad to set an empty seat next to him, so I can be here too......”

Sara’s eyes look down towards her Dad......the entire crowd looks that way too!!

Next to him is an empty seat with a single yellow rose placed on it......

Jerry Tompkins wipes a tear from his eye with his handkerchief.....

His daughter smiles at him......he smiles back......Sara swallows hard, and continues.....

”I am so proud of you, Sara......you are quite a Lady.....”

“Follow your dreams, follow your Hopes, follow your Desires............”

“You will find true love when it is time to......don’t rush it!!”

“You have a GREAT foundation built under you, you will stand strong......”

“In ALL trials, ALL tribulations, ALL struggles, and in ALL pain....”

“LOVE those that NEED your LOVE.....care for those that need care too!!”

“You are NO LONGER my little baby......YOU are a young woman!!”

“Go out and conquer the World.....it is at YOUR doorstep!!

“I am ever so PROUD of YOU today Sara......your Dad has a hug for YOU.....”

“One is from HIM......another is from ME.......give him one from ME too!!”

“Have a GREAT celebration today!! Be safe!!.....................Love, Mom!!”




Sara did not see her Dad leave his seat and walk towards the stage......

A single yellow rose in his hand......he was standing behind her..........

Over her right shoulder.....before she caught a glimpse of him out of the corner of her eye....

Sara took her right hand and wiped a tear from her cheek and wrapped it up with this......

”Class of 2011......as you head off to college, the military, or a job......”

“Plan ahead, write down your goals, your dreams, your desires, and fears.....”

“Save them for your future family......but DO write them down!!”

“If you need any help on getting started, just ask ME!!”

“Six months down the road, you are trying to remember what it is that I said......”

“Just write down these four words RIGHT NOW, so you can remember.........”

”DEAR.............SARA...................LOVE.................MOM!!”




Tears were rolling down Sara’s cheeks, she turned towards her Dad......

He handed her the yellow rose and they hugged......

Her graduation cap fell to the floor.....

The Class of 2011 and the entire crowd rose to their feet in a LOUD round of applause......

Very few had a dry eye......even the Principal and staff on stage were wiping away tears.....

Sara shared from her heart.......and her Mom’s heart......and touched MANY!!!




Where is YOUR “Legacy” today??? What have YOU written down???

There is no better day than TODAY to write it down.....

Your dreams, desires, hopes, and fears.......others NEED to know!!

Already married?? Already have kids??

All the MORE reason to get it started......TODAY!!

I am pretty sure, YOU can figure out what you need to write.....

Start small, build up to more......it’ll come to YOU.....

It doesn’t have to be perfect......it just has to be done!!






HARD COPY OF THIS STORY AVAILABLE HERE





I AM........JASON NAGEL


Call or text: 585-202-3333


Email: Jason@JasonNagel.com

It Was ORIGINALLY A "Harvest Dinner"!!

As we sit back to enjoy our Thanksgiving Holiday......


I wanted to do what I do best......


Make you THINK about something in YOUR life!!!





Almost four hundred years ago, people set out from England....


Aboard some ships that were heading to the New World.......


More than half of the travelers did NOT survive the trip across the Ocean...


The first year in the New World, half of the survivors.....


Did NOT survive the first cold winter!!


It was a difficult new life style.....


These Pilgrims, as we know them, had alot to learn......


Their greatest teachers, were the Native Indians.....


They helped the Pilgrims with hunting.....


With fishing......


And growing native vegetables.....






The very FIRST Thanksgiving, as we call it.......


Was based on the harvest......


Of the vegetables grown and the game hunted!!!


Thus.....it was really a "Harvest Dinner"


More so then a "Thanksgiving Dinner"








A "Harvest Dinner" means you had to plant something......


A seed........ a plant........


In hopes that when it matures .....


You can harvest what YOU have planted.....


Has grown into what it was supposed to become.....


So, as the year 2010 comes to an end......


As YOU belly up to the Thanksgiving table.....


What have YOU planted in the past year????


What has it has grown into this year????


May I warn YOU???


EVERYTHING that you plant WILL come to a harvest......


Whether it is POSITIVE........or NEGATIVE....


Whatever YOU plant.......will grow and NEED to be harvested!!!








What is it that YOU have planted.......


Love........Hate......


Prejudice........Peace......


Confusion............Clarity.........


Wisdom...........Foolishness........


Conflict........Resolution.......


Knowledge..........Folly...........


Turmoil.........Tranquility.......


Success..........Failure.........


Laughter..........Grief.........


Smiles...........Tears.........


Passion..........Revulsion........





What have YOU planted????


What will YOU harvest????


So when you push away from the table today......


No room for another dinner roll.....


Swagger in to watch ONE MORE football game......


Ponder what you have done for the past year.....


Are YOU truly "Thankful"????


If you ARE......then you ARE blessed!!!


Enjoy the fruits of your planting!!!


If you are NOT......you CAN change!!!


Change for the better NOW......


Plan on planting better seeds for the New Year......


BUT, do NOT wait to start......do it NOW!!!


You WILL be surprised......


On how quickly things will change for YOU!!!


So allow ME to encourage YOU......


It is NOT that hard.......


Have a GREAT Holiday


Happy Thanksgiving!!!






I AM........JASON NAGEL


Call or Text: 585-202-3333


Email: Jason@JasonNagel.com


My Blog: www.TheManGiant.com

LIFE LESSON......I Learned From A River

I recently was listening to a GREAT CD that I received....


From Cowboy Joe Schroeder where he was talking about.....


1000 gallon jugs FULL of water, and 56 gallons NOT full of water.....


He said that the 1000 jugs did not KNOW what it was like....


To be lacking, to be wanting, to be of NEED....


Because their NATURE.....they have ALWAYS been full....


Hmmmmmmmm, I rubbed my chin as I pondered!!!


I started thinking about a river, and for this example....


Let us talk about the GREAT Mississippi River!!!





The GREAT Mississippi River cuts right through the center of the United States....


It was a daunting task for earlier Pioneers to cross it on their westward travels....


Great cities have sprouted up around it....


Commerce has grown around it as well.....


BUT, allow me to share with YOU the natural aspects of the "GREAT River"....


In recent years, it has become known for its damaging floods.....





The GREAT Mississippi River takes in water from all kinds of sources....


It comes in from rain, creeks, streams, and other rivers......


They flow naturally into the "GREAT River" and fill it.....


But it does not hoard, hide, or keep this water.....


It naturally lets the water flow through it


EVERYTHING that the river takes in.......it gives back out.....


It is the river's "Natural Order"......


It does not know any different......


The ONLY one that notice......or have problems.....


With the "Natural Order" of the river is MAN!!!





When the river is running low......


Not as much water is flowing to and through the river.....


Man will start saying things like.....


"It is the WORST drought in ten years!!


"Global warming!!!"


"Ships cannot navigate with the low river!!!"


BUT......the River does NOT know any different....


It STILL takes in and gives out an EQUAL amount.....


No matter what.....no change!!





On the other side of the spectrum......


When the river floods.......it is STILL......


Taking IN and giving OUT to the same degree.....


When it overflows it's banks and devastates the area....


On either side of the banks......again MAN complains....


Of the DAMAGE done by the River.....


When IT did not do this intentionally to damage.....


It GAVE OUT what it TOOK IN!!!





FINALLY......man will alter the Natural Order of a river.....


By placing a DAM in the river.....


They will interrupt the flow....


To harness it's energy to produce their own energy.....


It will reduce the river and control it....


BUT......the lower portion of the river....


Will STILL give out to the equal degree that goes in.....


Only REDUCED by MAN.....stealing from it energy!!!!





What about YOU????


What has been YOUR "Natural Order"???


ALL of the Energy, Information, Love, and Wisdom......


Have YOU given OUT.....to the SAME degree as YOU have taken in???


If YOU have not......then YOU have built.....


Your OWN DAM in your OWN river.....


EXCEPT.......are YOU ready for THIS?????


You have NOT "produced" any energy with it.....


YOU have harnessed it......hoarded it......WASTED it.....


For YOUR OWN use......your OWN SELFISHNESS......


You have created a POND with in your life.....


Stopped being a river......


Break through the dam.....tear it DOWN.....


Give OUT equal to what YOU have taken IN.......


BLESS others......TEACH others......LOVE others.....


OH WAIT.....ready for THIS PART?????


If YOU give out MORE than YOU have taken in......


Then YOU are giving OTHERS a portion of YOU!!!!


The World NEEDS what YOU have received and what YOU are!!!


Open UP.....FLOW.....FLOW some more.....


It IS your Natural Order!!!





I AM........JASON NAGEL


Call or text: 585-202-3333


Email: Jason@JasonNagel.com


My Blog: www.TheManGiant.com

The Bridge Is Out........Or Is It?????

Recently, the Great Franco Gonzalez shared a Post.....

”The Bridge is out and I am stuck in Paradise”….

He was going to use this time alone.....

To read......to write content.......make videos........

Rough life, but he does that ALL of the time anyhow!!!

BUT, thank YOU, Franco.....you got me thinking!!!




When a bridge is out……

We get frustrated…..put out……

You have to find a different way to your destination…..

It is an inconvenience……

BUT……it is ONLY a convenience…..

Because we have grown accustom to it……

Could YOU imagine what it was like……

100 years ago…….or 200 years ago???




Take yourself back…..

The first Pioneers that headed west…….

What did they do when they stumbled upon……

The Great Mississippi River???

How WILL they get to the other side???

How did they get across???

It took some ingenuity at first……

They cut down some trees…..

Tied them together into a raft…..

I’m sure they lost some belongings…..

Not being proficient raft builders…..







As time worn on……

More Pioneers moved west…..

Settlements started popping up on the east side……

Free thinking, entrepreneurial types set up shop…..

Built sturdy barges to cross the river…..

They charged people to cross the river…..

Multiple barge owners popped up…..

Vying to take your money to help you……

To get acrossed the river!!




You had three choices to get across the river…..

The first way was all by yourself…..

Cut down some trees…..

Tie them together……

Load your belongings…..

Your livestock…..

Your wagon……

And your family……

Hopefully you got it all across…..

Some things would fall off…..

Some of it lost forever…..

But under your OWN ingenuity and determination……

You got across the river to the next Frontier!!




Your next option was around the riverbank settlement……

You looked for the barge owners set up there…..

You found the man that looked like he knew his business…..

He had the biggest signs…..

Talked the loudest……and fastest……

”Sure Buddy, I can get you across!!!”

“I need this much money, upfront……”

“We will load up and leave at the first dawn!!”

You get there the next morning……

Find the barge and owner long gone…..

Later that day, the barge returns…..

A different man is operating it…..

He has no idea who YOU are……

Or anything about the other guy…..

Or where your money is!!!



The third option takes a little time…..

You start asking the towns folk…..

Who the most reputable barge operator…..

Once you start getting a significant responses…..

Concerning the same man…..

You approach him, to talk to him…..

You find he is far different than the first guy….

He agrees to make sure everything you own…..

Gets safely to the other side…….

BEFORE he takes your money!!!




Okay…….back to reality……

The river you have before YOU, is LIFE…..

You want to travel from the side of…….

The employee-minded person…..

To the home business Entrepreneurside……

You can go the route as my Pioneers did……





Do it ALL by yourself…..

It takes longer to get there…..

You get some bumps and bruises along the way…..

Not saying it is not satisfying to….

”Do It Yourself”!!!

BUT, you have to stay focused….

Determined…….

Focused…….

Stick-to-it-ness…….

And did I mention, stay focused????




The next option is look for help……

To the first guy you see……

Big signs…..

Big hype…..

Fast talking……

Promises you the sun, moon, and stars……

And then disappears with your money…..

Never to be seen again……

And there you stand on the riverbank……

Wondering, “what the heck???”




Finally……you ask around…..

You ask others, who they suggest…..

Who they recommend…..

Once you start hearing a name…..

Over and over again……

You then go and talk to him……

Or HER………

People that have been there, done that…..

For a number of years…..

Their training is dripping with INTEGRITY……

You would be a fool to not follow them…..

Listen to them…..

Eat the crumbs from their table…..

Just to get to where YOU belong…..

Across the river!!!




May I suggest the best way to cross the river???

Come hang out in a Community of Entrepreneurs….

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A place where YOU will learn how to……

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Look for me there…..along the shore……

I’ll be there helping people get across…..

AFTERALL……..

I AM………JASON NAGEL


Call or text:585-202-3333


Email: Jason@JasonNagel.com


My Blog: www.TheManGiant.com

Lonely......Lost.......Forgotten.........NOT ME!!!

It was somewhere near the first of July......

My wife and I were Newlyweds.....

Living and working in Colorado Springs, Colorado.....

My Mom called me from upstate New York.....

"Your Uncle Chuck died yesterday!!"

She told me the details on where and how....

He had been sick for awhile.....

When he died it was quick and painless!!

"I want to go home for the funeral!"

I told my wife, she wanted to come too!!

Uncle Chuck was my favorite Uncle....

As well as my "Confirmation Sponsor".....

I continued to say......

"The sad part is that I don't know......"

"IF I would be so willing, if it was my Dad!!"

My parents had been divorced since I was seven.....

Only getting to see him once or twice a year.....

The sad part truly is.....

THREE MONTHS later, I had to make that choice!!

At the time, I was an Insurance salesman.....

Some company by the name of Prudential.....

My wife and I lived in a townhouse in the Springs.....

After dinner I went on some sales calls.....

I first stopped by a neighbor's house.....

When I walked back to my car, it was odd.....

The curtains were open to our back deck.....

The sliding glass door was open.....

The outside light was on....

I tossed my briefcase into my car....

When I closed the door....

My wife heard it and ran to the door.....

My brother in law was on the phone and wanted ME....

I went inside and she handed me the phone....

This was LONG before cordless phones and cell phones!!

We get along great and joke around ALOT......

So, I started right in with the horsing around.....

After awhile he tried stopping me.....

"Jason, I need you to stop!!"

"No more joking, calm down please!!"

So, I settled and said, "What's up??"

"They found your Dad dead this morning!!"

"They figure he had been there two days!!"

My Dad lived in a Senior Citizen Apartment Building

They have a card on their door.....

That needs to be turned every day....

If the next day, it is not turned.....

They first call you....

Then they will enter the apartment....

Usually with Police and EMS there....

They figure he had turned his card for the next day....

Fell, hit his head, and died right there.....

Thus it took two days before his card was wrong!!

That evening, on the phone.......

I cried!!

I cried because my father died

My Dad died when I was seven!!

There's a BIG difference between the two!!





Next thing we find out.....

He had NOTHING to his name.....

No Life Insurance or anything.....

ALL of us kids would have to pitch in.....

To PAY for his funeral!!

Luckily, one of my brothers did some checking.....

My Dad was a World War 2 Veteran.....

So the Veteran's Administration picked up the tab....

No big fancy funeral with procession....

The funeral home let the family meet them graveside....

For a small, informal service.....

The next day, we had a Church Memorial Service.....

Followed by a gathering at one of my brother's house....

When we went through his stuff....

We learned things about him.....

He had his Army medical records.....

He was hurt or sick every month for something....

There was a picture that had been in the local paper.....

Of him and his four brothers.....

Off to War at the same time.....

He kept things we made while in Scouts.....

He kept things that HE considered special.....

But do you know what???

How much MORE special would it have been.....

IF we knew these things while he was ALIVE???

He died .....lonely....

Miserable.....

Lost......

Forgotten.....

Broke.....

What a SAD way to come to the end of LIFE!!!!





SO......why am I telling YOU this????

First off.......so that I can make a confession.....

Or is it a Proclamation???

I refuse to die like this!!!

I refuse to die alone!!!





BUT.....for YOU, My Friend......

Remember what I said earlier???

"I cried because 'My Father' died......"

"My Dad died YEARS before that!!!"

How are YOU doing with YOUR family???

Are YOU a "Good Dad"???

Are YOU a "Good Mom"????

(YES....this can happen with women too!!)

Joe Schroeder once told me......

"The ONLY people that will care how you look......"

"Will be the 8 people standing around YOUR deathbed!!"

If YOU were to die......TODAY.....

Will people cry because you are gone???

Or will they rejoice because you are gone???




I also stated that my Dad died broke....

On Disability forever......

Then Social Security.....

Pauper's wages from the government!!

Do NOT be a financial burden for your family!!

It is bad enough having the emotional burden

Do not let lack be a burden too!!!




MOST of you reading this....

Are trying to build your OWN economy......

Joe Schroeder also states in "The Warrior's Prayer"





"My Prosperity Prospers TEN Thousand People......"

"Their Prosperity Prospers ME!!!"

Ten Thousand people are out there.....

Looking for YOU.....

Waiting for YOU.......

Wanting to LEARN from YOU.....

Wanting to PAY YOU!!!


How will YOU find ten thousand people.....

If YOU are NOT looking for them????

It's okay....sit there and scratch your chin on THAT point!!!


Lonely......Lost.......Forgotten.........NOT ME!!!

Another related Schroederism......

"I will NOT be denied!!"





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"CONGRATULATIONS.......It Is A BOY!!!"

"CONGRATULATIONS.......it is a BOY!!!"

Exclaimed the Nurse.......

"Yeah......we already KNOW!!!!" I said.....

The Nurse had that cocked-head, confused puppy look.....

We have seen that look for the past few months.......

We just gave birth to our SIXTH child......

Throughout the pregnancy, people asked.....

"Do you know if it's a 'boy' or a 'girl'???"

I would reply, "Oh, it IS a boy!!!"

"You had an ultrasound done?????"

Was usually the next question......

"NOPE......those are too expensive......."

"We just KNOW that it is!!!!"

THAT is when we FIRST saw the old.....

Cocked heads and funny looks on people!!!

Allow me to explain......

It was towards the end of 1998......

My wife and I had some issues to deal with….

Personal, financial, and very emotional……

It was a very tough time……

With some bright spots, here and there……

It is during these tough times….

As YOU will see, that I LEARN the most!!!




At this point in our lives……

We had been married 14 years…..

Had FIVE children already…..

Two boys and three girls…..

Ranging from 1 year to 12 years old…..

The job I had was “Local” driving….

Home every night……

During the pinnacle of this troubling time….

We had been having….

I got sent on an overnight trip…..

This trip took me to Michigan…..

I took my “required” time off in a motel…..

I do NOT sleep well in motels….

(Still do NOT to this day!!)

A friend had recently given me a booklet to read….

It was called ”Finishing Well”….

By Pastor Greg Laurie from California….

I have heard him speak, and liked him….

So I took the booklet to read!!




The booklet, ”Finishing Well”….

Is about people in the Bible…..

That started well….yet finished miserably….

Or those that started miserably….

And “finished well”, thus the title….

The main focus was about a man called “Caleb”….

He went into the Promised Land, as a spy…..

With eleven other men….

Caleb and Joshua were the only TWO that said…..

”Yes they are GIANTS……”

“But with God’s help we will be victorious!!!”

Unfortunately, the ten naysayers had the stronger voice…..

Conquer the land……they did not do…..

Thus the wandering in the desert for forty plus years…..

Until the naysayers died off…..

Moses had promised Caleb that HE would be blessed….

When he enters the Promised Land……

On that day, at age 85…..

Still strong and powerful…..

He stood before Joshua to receive what was promised!!




Alone in my motel room…..

I read every word…..

Was enthralled with the story……

I heard in my head…….

YES……I heard in my head…..

”Caleb Daniel”!!

I replied, ”Who is that???”

“Your son!!”, is what I heard next……

”Yeah….okay…..what son??? I asked….

”The one that will be born near your Birthday!!”

Okay, I thought….this is interesting…..

Being the diligent husband that I am…..

I paid attention to that monthly activity…..

Remembered the last time we got cozy…..

Thought…..ya know what???

It IS possible!!!

The next couple of weeks dragged….

I did NOT rush home to tell my wife……until…..

”Honey, shouldn’t you have had something by now??”

A trip to the drug store…..

A little stop in the bathroom……

”Guess what Honey???” my wife asked…..

I said, ”I know!! Come sit down!!”




It was the weirdest feeling…..

Over the next few months….

KNOWING that you KNOW…..

KNOWING that GOD gave YOU…..

A Heads Up about it too…..

What special thing is in my son’s future???

Big deal, Jason…..cool story…..

WHAT’S your point here????




GOD saw me at my lowest…..

Reached down to touch ME….

A truck driver from New York…..

Life was miserable….

Marriage had issues……

HE got me when I was alone…..

And spoke TO me!!

BUT…..do YOU want to know reality????

He speaks to ME every DAY!!!

It is just at this time in my life…..

My mouth was SHUT and my ears were OPEN!!!

I wasn’t ”busy” with LIFE so much…..

That I was able to RECEIVE……

What HE had to offer me!!!

How often have I heard the phrase……

”Be still and know that HE is GOD!!!”

Can I tell YOU another secret I have learned???

When I am too busy to hear HIM…..

He removes things that are distracting ME….

From listening to HIM!!!




AGAIN……Big Deal, Jason……

That’s GREAT for YOU……

But what does this have to do with ME????

PLENTY!!!!

God doesn’t want our ”Laundry List” of……

”Please God, Bless ME with……(fill in the blank)!”

Do YOU ever wonder why we have TWO ears….

And ONLY ONE mouth???

So that we listen twice as much…..

More than we speak!!!

BUT….we do NOT do that!!

Then we are soooooo busy…..

Family issues….

Kid’s sports…..

Home business…..

Facebooking….

Twittering…..

Texting……

Chatting…….

If YOU won’t LISTEN……

He will make it so that you DO!!!!




OH…..WAIT…..THIS IS THE BEST PART!!!




He wants to talk to YOU……

Because He has so much to tell YOU…..

So much to show YOU…..

And so much to BLESS you with!!!




Sidenote, before I finish……

I am writing this to ALL kinds of people…..

Christians, Atheists, Agnostics, Tree Huggers…..

WHATEVER!!!!

I NEVER once pushed ANY God on YOU!!

Whatever GOD that YOU believe in…..

Is the GOD that wants to talk to YOU!!

’Nuff said????




BECAUSE…….

The God that wants to talk to YOU…..

Wants to be able to talk……..

THROUGH YOU!!!!

He wants to USE you as an “Open Vessel”……

Hmmmmm….seems like I just wrote about THAT!!!

HE wants to fill YOU up……

POUR you out…..

So that YOU can bless PEOPLE……

That God can ONLY reach……

THROUGH You!!!!




Are YOU open???

Are YOU listening???

Are YOU able to receive???

Are YOU an “Open Vessel”???

A very WISE Mentor of mine has stated……


”God Can Only Do For YOU,”
“What God Can Do Through YOU!!”

OR…….

”What YOU Give Away……”
“You Always Get To KEEP!!”




A friend asked me yesterday…..

”What’s the theme for your next note??

I replied……”Whatever hits ME!!”

This one HIT me hard!!!

(this is the 2nd time writing it-LOST the first one!)

I have been that “Open Vessel”…..

I have been blessing YOU for the past five minutes…..

What has been spoken INTO me…..

Has now been spoken through ME

What YOU do with it…..

Is totally up to YOU!!!

Another quote from the Bible is:

"Go forth and do likewise!!!



Blessing to YOU, My Friend!!

Time for me to hit the road.....

(actually it is past time.....I "HAD TO" finish this)

Look for me out there.....

Driving.......and listening.....

Afterall, most of YOU know this already, BUT.....


I AM........JASON NAGEL


Call or text: 585-202-3333


Email: Jason@JasonNagel.com


My Blog: www.TheManGiant.com