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A collaboration with Mark Sedgwick and SHINE podcast, Saylor Cooper and their guests Hatti Harmeson and Jason Sprigs.
Learn a little about Hatti and Jason's lives, what inspires them to inspire others.
About the Host:
Introducing Saylor Cooper, an accomplished author and a true inspiration. Despite facing the challenges of living with a disability, Saylor has fearlessly pursued his dreams and emerged as a beacon of motivation for others. His journey in entrepreneurship, alongside his trusted ally Tyler, has propelled him to extraordinary heights.
At the core of Saylor's mission lies an unwavering belief in the power of hard work and determination. As the creator and host of Real Variety Radio, Saylor has established a remarkable internet radio station that offers a diverse range of programming spanning every genre of music and shows.
Additionally, he has taken the helm of the Hope Without Sight Podcast, where he engages in thought-provoking interviews with individuals who have triumphed over adversity, becoming a source of inspiration to people around the globe.
Saylor's ambitions extend far beyond his current accomplishments. He actively seeks opportunities to connect with fellow entrepreneurs and share their remarkable journeys at renowned networking events like Podapolooza and Speakers Playhouse. Through collaboration with speaking coaches, he is honing his skills to grace different stages and deliver his empowering message to diverse audiences.
But that is just the beginning of Saylor's extraordinary aspirations. With plans to monetize his internet radio station and organize life coaching events, he aims to empower others in their pursuit of dreams. Furthermore, Saylor envisions a future filled with numerous literary works, including a captivating autobiography chronicling his own life and a collaborative masterpiece featuring the remarkable stories of his podcast guests.
Above all, Saylor's ultimate goal is simple yet profound: he strives to demonstrate to individuals facing challenges that anything is possible when dreams are fueled by unwavering dedication and hard work. With Saylor blazing a trail of possibility, the potential for each and every one of us is boundless.
Join Saylor Cooper on this remarkable journey of empowerment and achievement, and discover that the power to transform lives resides within us all.
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Tyler Evans is an integral part of the entrepreneurial journey of his best friend and business partner, Saylor Cooper. Despite facing his own unique challenges, Tyler is determined to make a difference in the world through his hard work and unwavering dedication.
As an active participant in the day-to-day operations of Real Variety Radio, Tyler plays a crucial role in the success of the internet radio station that offers diverse programming from all genres of music and shows. He's also a key contributor to the Hope Without Sight Podcast, where he helps to bring inspiring guests who have overcome adversity to the forefront.
Tyler's passion for entrepreneurship is matched only by his love of networking. He enjoys attending events like Podapolooza and Speakers Playhouse, where he can connect with fellow entrepreneurs and learn from their experiences. While Tyler may not have founded or created anything on his own just yet, he's an important member of the team and his contributions to the venture are invaluable.
Looking to the future, Tyler shares Saylor's vision of making a difference in people's lives and inspiring others to pursue their dreams despite any challenges they may face. He's excited about the possibility of monetizing the internet radio station and hosting life coaching events alongside Saylor to help others reach their full potential.
Tyler's ultimate goal is to collaborate with Saylor on writing books that share their individual and joint experiences, including an autobiography about his own life. Together, they hope to demonstrate to the world that anything is possible if one has the courage to chase their dreams and put in the hard work necessary to achieve them. With Tyler's unwavering determination and entrepreneurial spirit, there's no doubt he'll continue to make a positive influence
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Hello all welcome to the hope without sight
Saylor Cooper:Podcast with your hosts Saylor Cooper,
Tyler Evans:and Tyler Evans.
Saylor Cooper:The topic of this podcast will consist of many
Saylor Cooper:stories of people from various backgrounds and experiences, who
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Saylor Cooper:Because if you are feeling down and out, like
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Mark Sedgwick:What's happening guys, we're here at the NFB
Mark Sedgwick:conference with shine, podcast and hope without sight, Saylor
Mark Sedgwick:Take it away, brother, what are we doing?
Saylor Cooper:Yes, we're interviewing people who have
Saylor Cooper:account challenges in life because our podcasts are very
Saylor Cooper:similar at mug us inspires people to shine I inspire people
Saylor Cooper:to dream big and look beyond how without sight because there's
Saylor Cooper:hope and you can truly live a life full of blessed with less
Saylor Cooper:reign supreme bliss. Yes. So we've had a great conference so
Saylor Cooper:far. Yeah.
Mark Sedgwick:What's going on guys? We're back with the shine
Mark Sedgwick:Podcast. I'm interviewing some new folks. Also. I got Hattie
Mark Sedgwick:here with me. And I got Jason who I just met on the piano. I
Mark Sedgwick:heard him playing some beautiful music. So I was like, I'd love
Mark Sedgwick:to highlight him as well. So Hattie, tell us a little bit
Mark Sedgwick:about yourself. Who are you? And what's your mission?
Hatti Harmeson:Who am I? Well, I'm a child of a king. I must
Hatti Harmeson:say that and I enjoy music. I love praise and worship. Yes.
Hatti Harmeson:Beautiful. Actually, I was supposed to be a Boys and
Hatti Harmeson:worship on Sunday, and I missed this convention. Okay. Yeah, but
Hatti Harmeson:I love I love I love praise and worship. And I'm my passion is
Hatti Harmeson:baking. I bake cook. My passion is cooking. I love to cook, I
Hatti Harmeson:love to cook, I would go to sleep and be like, Okay, God,
Hatti Harmeson:what kind of dish can I come up with to be different, you know?
Hatti Harmeson:So I was baking cookies one day, and I was like, these cookies
Hatti Harmeson:again. They gourmet. I'm gonna make some gourmet cookies. So
Hatti Harmeson:yeah, I just want to add in little different things into the
Hatti Harmeson:cookies. And then I'm like, okay, okay, God, I need a new
Hatti Harmeson:cookie right now, you know. And now we'll start off with a
Hatti Harmeson:cookie. And then I talked to people and one guy said, well, I
Hatti Harmeson:need you to make a cookie for me. I need you to make a peanut
Hatti Harmeson:butter cookie and drop some chocolate chips in it. So I'm
Hatti Harmeson:like, okay, okay, so it was a heat and people start liking it.
Hatti Harmeson:Then my little brother said, Well, I want you to try
Hatti Harmeson:something different. I want you to get the cookie and chocolate.
Hatti Harmeson:So then when I did it, he was like, oh, but he got this taste.
Hatti Harmeson:What's the candy was like I said Butterfinger? He say Yeah, but
Hatti Harmeson:you got to give it a different shape. So I'm like, Okay, God, I
Hatti Harmeson:don't have no Butter fingers shape paying. What am I gonna
Hatti Harmeson:do? So I made that I rolled the dough up smaller. And then I
Hatti Harmeson:shaped it as a log. I wrote it as a law. Oh, wow. So when it
Hatti Harmeson:came out date, it was like a little loud. So I took the log,
Hatti Harmeson:and I dipped it into chocolate. Now my butter finger cookie. I
Hatti Harmeson:said I thought he was like, Yeah, but the only thing I'm
Hatti Harmeson:trying to figure out. How can I keep the chocolate on the candy
Hatti Harmeson:when it's hot? Right, cuz I gotta keep it cool. So after I
Hatti Harmeson:baked it, I put it in the icebox and I made it cool. And it's
Hatti Harmeson:stuck right there, too. It's just that if I mail it to
Hatti Harmeson:somebody, I just don't know how long it's gonna last me to track
Hatti Harmeson:it. So I might have to do a troubleshoot and send it to
Hatti Harmeson:somebody and tell them to champion TV stay on that. But I
Hatti Harmeson:love baking. I bake all kinds of cookies. And it's just a I don't
Hatti Harmeson:know.
Mark Sedgwick:That's awesome. So you, you've gotten real
Mark Sedgwick:creative with it after you've gotten inspiration from your
Mark Sedgwick:family is so cool. That's a beautiful thing. And so, before
Mark Sedgwick:we continue with you, Jason, tell me about you tell me about
Mark Sedgwick:what do you do? And maybe a little bit about your origin
Mark Sedgwick:story.
Jason Sprigs:Sure. Growing up, I kind of have more introverted
Jason Sprigs:kid. I didn't really know. But do you want to blind the story a
Mark Sedgwick:little please? Yes, whatever. As deep as you
Mark Sedgwick:want to go, my man I'm pulling the camera a little closer so we
Mark Sedgwick:can hear your story better.
Jason Sprigs:So yeah, growing up, I was interested in a lot of
Jason Sprigs:video games, a lot of skateboarding and did a lot of
Jason Sprigs:independent things. Because I just I really know I really know
Jason Sprigs:how to really put myself out there. It was my older brother
Jason Sprigs:that was the more social so you know, as that grew I got into
Jason Sprigs:graphic design and I got into painting I began to camera work
Jason Sprigs:all these different things. I even did a little bit did some
Jason Sprigs:YouTube videos there now in no time. This was all before
Jason Sprigs:blindness, then when the hit is about five years ago, and yeah,
Jason Sprigs:I got the, you know, I was going to get new glasses, yeah came up
Jason Sprigs:as astigmatism. It was misdiagnosed Semitism it turned
Jason Sprigs:out to be RP, retinitis pigmentosa be specific. So I
Jason Sprigs:pretty much that year, had to regroup and rethink what I was
Jason Sprigs:going to do. So, you know, through that, that year, 2018 I
Jason Sprigs:spent time, you know, just really looking at the lifestyle
Jason Sprigs:I lived, it wasn't healthiest lifestyle. And I checked and I
Jason Sprigs:just took the time to really self assess and get, you know,
Jason Sprigs:get support, the head the rules of the department Rehabilitation
Jason Sprigs:Centre, over in Maryland, or doors for short. They helped me
Jason Sprigs:out of support groups and all that. And then by the end of the
Jason Sprigs:year, I made a decision to pursue psychology. And something
Jason Sprigs:else I picked up you mentioned, yeah, the piano work. That was
Jason Sprigs:something I did on off, but I wasn't as committed. And then
Jason Sprigs:once I actually I had to rethink what I had to do that year. That
Jason Sprigs:was the only thing that didn't get taken away from me. There
Jason Sprigs:was the only thing that didn't change too much. Was was music
Jason Sprigs:so I put more time into music. I called up my piano teacher and
Jason Sprigs:and that was it. So right now I'm pursuing psychology and
Jason Sprigs:music at the same time.
Mark Sedgwick:Wow, psychology and music. You know, I want to
Mark Sedgwick:ask you guys, have you guys ever heard of the Alzheimer's stuff
Mark Sedgwick:with music and, and how it reawakens the brain and can can
Mark Sedgwick:really help out a lot with Alzheimer's? Have you? Have you
Mark Sedgwick:ever heard of that? Jason,
Jason Sprigs:I've heard that.
Hatti Harmeson:I haven't heard about it with all times what I
Hatti Harmeson:have heard about with autism. Because a good friend of mine,
Hatti Harmeson:she has a son that deals with autism. And he has become very,
Hatti Harmeson:very, very good with the piano. And I mean, it's like when he
Hatti Harmeson:seems like he gets upset you say okay, go to your piano. He gets
Hatti Harmeson:a play and playing playing so he loves it. Calm. Sam is a piece
Hatti Harmeson:thing for him.
Jason Sprigs:Yes. Funny enough. I work I worked with previously
Jason Sprigs:I've known for last year been working with autistic students.
Jason Sprigs:That's kind of my journey that they go into will go into the
Jason Sprigs:life mission thing. Yeah, that that was that was a group I was
Jason Sprigs:working with. And I was able to learn about autism. It is just
Jason Sprigs:it's a different way that their brain is working. And they will
Jason Sprigs:they will have these amazing skills and whether it be Yep.
Jason Sprigs:Yeah. You said for music, whether it be memorising
Jason Sprigs:different trains and train tracks, there is a different
Jason Sprigs:they just happen to have it's like a certain fascination,
Jason Sprigs:which turns into a gift of information or knowledge or
Jason Sprigs:ability. And so that's really what that's that's really what's
Jason Sprigs:seen with a lot of people within within certain areas, that
Jason Sprigs:spectrum. But yeah, other than that, yeah, that reawakening of
Jason Sprigs:music, I can see how it were with was just singing about how
Jason Sprigs:I got back into it because I wasn't as motivated. But then
Jason Sprigs:the more I looked at, I took away as I mentioned, I admit, I
Jason Sprigs:made a lot of lifestyle choices. Yeah, I changed me more of a
Jason Sprigs:motivation to be better at music.
Mark Sedgwick:Yes, that's amazing. My man wit, you know
Mark Sedgwick:that this is kind of, I kind of want to take this opportunity.
Mark Sedgwick:I'm going to set the camera back down so I can tell a little
Mark Sedgwick:story about my testimony, my journey in my life and
Mark Sedgwick:overcoming things that I have maybe fell short myself. Just
Mark Sedgwick:whenever I was getting out of high school, I you know, my
Mark Sedgwick:origin story is my grandma Teresa. She was real biblical,
Mark Sedgwick:very, really was a you know, a soldier of God. And, and she
Mark Sedgwick:really told me a lot of biblical stories growing up. And so I had
Mark Sedgwick:lots of good seeds. She always told me about the enemy and his
Mark Sedgwick:schemes and his traps. And I always listened because I really
Mark Sedgwick:respected my grandma. And I'll say, okay, all right. She said,
Mark Sedgwick:Don't ever touch drugs. And I said, Okay, grandma, and I
Mark Sedgwick:always took that advice. I never touched drugs, all the way up
Mark Sedgwick:until senior year of high school, I touch nothing. I was
Mark Sedgwick:just a cross country check athlete, did that stuff with
Mark Sedgwick:that. But then I had some friends that started dabbling in
Mark Sedgwick:marijuana and drugs. And I would always say, No, I'm good. I'm
Mark Sedgwick:good. I'm over. I'm running. I'm focused on on other things, man,
Mark Sedgwick:I'll do that. I'll go play basketball with y'all. But I'm
Mark Sedgwick:not touching it. So I didn't touch it. But eventually, I got
Mark Sedgwick:I got finished with tracking cross country. And I sort of
Mark Sedgwick:gave into peer pressure. I got curious I guess and maybe it's
Mark Sedgwick:not so bad. They're not, you know, drooling out of the mouth
Mark Sedgwick:or anything. So maybe it's safe to try it. That marijuana stuff.
Mark Sedgwick:So I did I tried it once. And to make a long story short, wants
Mark Sedgwick:to Every once in a blue moon turned into once a week, once a
Mark Sedgwick:week turned into once a day, once a day turned into every
Mark Sedgwick:hour, I might have been smoking at the peak of it. And so I was
Mark Sedgwick:wasting all my money all my time, my relationships were
Mark Sedgwick:going downhill. And the purpose that I had been called to by God
Mark Sedgwick:was slowly falling away, I was getting distanced from the
Mark Sedgwick:righteous path from the right path, and I was supposed to be
Mark Sedgwick:walking on. And, and then, you know, tragedy kept happening
Mark Sedgwick:thing, I was realising I can't make any excuses to keep on
Mark Sedgwick:smoking. And it kept being whispered in the back of my
Mark Sedgwick:mind. You know, this could be better, I couldn't go to the
Mark Sedgwick:movies, this could be better. I couldn't go to the gym. If I was
Mark Sedgwick:smoking weed, then I could go. But otherwise, I would always be
Mark Sedgwick:thinking this could be better if I was just under the influence.
Mark Sedgwick:But that was just a trap. That was just deception. I was I was
Mark Sedgwick:stuck into addiction. And about two and a half, three years ago,
Mark Sedgwick:I said a prayer my my house was falling apart. I was living in a
Mark Sedgwick:hotel because we had a giant water leak. And I say, I prayed
Mark Sedgwick:to God, I said, God, please take this desire away from me. I'm
Mark Sedgwick:done. I don't want to do it anymore. I keep quitting and
Mark Sedgwick:coming back to because I keep making excuses. I keep getting
Mark Sedgwick:deceived together some but I really needed the armour of God,
Mark Sedgwick:and a psychological change, to conquer this addiction. And so
Mark Sedgwick:the natural, yes, spiritual, supernatural, I needed help from
Mark Sedgwick:my father, my heavenly Father. So I pray please take the desire
Mark Sedgwick:away from me in about a month of fighting and slowing down. It
Mark Sedgwick:was gone forever. And it's been done for about two and a half,
Mark Sedgwick:three years now. And I've been delivered. So praise the Lord
Mark Sedgwick:for that. And yeah, man, I don't know if that connects with your
Mark Sedgwick:story. But you reminded me Jason of what I went through about
Mark Sedgwick:three years ago. And anything come to mind, Jason, you want to
Mark Sedgwick:share anything?
Jason Sprigs:That yeah, for me, I had a similar thing, because I
Jason Sprigs:felt when the blind has happened, part of me felt it was
Jason Sprigs:consequence that I was being punished for living a life that
Jason Sprigs:you know, and not, because I felt very disconnected from the
Jason Sprigs:people around me. I didn't know it until after I was very
Jason Sprigs:disconnected from family. I was very connected, very
Jason Sprigs:disconnected from childhood friends, things like that, like
Jason Sprigs:love. And then. But after, I'd say there was a time, it was
Jason Sprigs:much it was my biological father, and also a spiritual
Jason Sprigs:father, as well, I go to church myself on Sundays. And it was a
Jason Sprigs:mix of it was those two and God was telling me that there was
Jason Sprigs:another there was another path that I didn't know, that was
Jason Sprigs:coming from me. And there was there was going to be a group of
Jason Sprigs:people I was going to meet that was going to push me in that
Jason Sprigs:path. And for me, this for me, my calling. For going too late
Jason Sprigs:on this no call got time brother, it feels like calling
Jason Sprigs:for me is to bring up young brothers that were in a similar
Jason Sprigs:spot than me, that are very introverted, that closed
Jason Sprigs:themselves off walking on food. They went to went to the video
Jason Sprigs:games, phones, all that I was in that world for a bit, yes. And
Jason Sprigs:now now that I'm out, I've found more fulfilment now and talking
Jason Sprigs:to people and connecting with people, you know, whatever their
Jason Sprigs:views are, I mean, they don't gotta believe what I believe.
Jason Sprigs:But as long as they understand, you know, the, the, the
Jason Sprigs:understand the gist that we need as a society in general just to,
Jason Sprigs:to build into repair to heal all those things, in order for us to
Jason Sprigs:be better as a people. And that just that just really calls to
Jason Sprigs:what I want to do. So that's basically how I got I got here
Jason Sprigs:through through a summer programme. Working with blind
Jason Sprigs:with blind youth, because I went to a training centre, blindness,
Jason Sprigs:free services, Maryland. I went over there, I got training for
Jason Sprigs:about 11 months, I didn't falter I just knew I had to get the
Jason Sprigs:skills I needed so that I can help others. This in what I'm
Jason Sprigs:doing now working with a lot of kids that were in my position,
Jason Sprigs:or maybe a certain maybe it's similar but different position.
Jason Sprigs:I'm giving back here.
Mark Sedgwick:You sir. You're called brother you are called.
Mark Sedgwick:That's amazing.
Hatti Harmeson:I've just recently just listened to you
Hatti Harmeson:play. I bought a piano. Amazingly, I just graduated with
Hatti Harmeson:a commercial music performance degree. And while I've been
Hatti Harmeson:there, I played the piano just enough to get by. And as I do
Hatti Harmeson:praise and worship every Sunday, as I'm singing, I'm standing
Hatti Harmeson:just working my fingers working my fingers. And I'm like, Okay,
Hatti Harmeson:God, I need Suvarna natural because I gotta do this thing
Hatti Harmeson:because one go with the other. And I keep telling myself I'm
Hatti Harmeson:gonna play I'm gonna play and I keep being prophesied to that,
Hatti Harmeson:you know, my singing this was gonna get me through this I got
Hatti Harmeson:to be my cook. And even though I cook and you know, I do some
Hatti Harmeson:things that can be on store level, but it was prophesied to
Hatti Harmeson:me is that my singing this was gonna bring me through. And I
Hatti Harmeson:just say it's not going to just be singing, it's going to be my
Hatti Harmeson:worship. Yeah. And I tell you, even when I cook, I have young
Hatti Harmeson:ladies come up to me that want the microwave worker, that quick
Hatti Harmeson:food, Natalie's babies, and it's like, I'm cooking so that I can
Hatti Harmeson:teach them so I can tell them. And I was telling my pastor not
Hatti Harmeson:long ago that I'm in a period of my life where I'm moving from, I
Hatti Harmeson:can't, to I can. I'm having a period of transformation,
Hatti Harmeson:application and perseverance. And I say I want to start this
Hatti Harmeson:new support group called tap. And, you know, yeah, I tap with
Hatti Harmeson:my cane, but they need to know, tears will transfer information
Hatti Harmeson:and you can only be transferred, transformed. When you renew your
Hatti Harmeson:mind and you got to renew your mind, in order to know that you
Hatti Harmeson:can do something different. You don't have to be stuck into
Hatti Harmeson:those that left fear that saying, Oh, it's alright. It's
Hatti Harmeson:okay. You could do you see, when you know that, right, you're
Hatti Harmeson:telling, you know, it's gonna be hard. But you can press forward.
Hatti Harmeson:You can you can persevere, you know? Yes. Open up your mouth
Hatti Harmeson:and advocate for yourself. Don't listen to, oh, you don't need to
Hatti Harmeson:do that. Or you can't do that. Oh, they're blind. They should
Hatti Harmeson:go You blind. You need to sit down. Are you blind? You need to
Hatti Harmeson:let somebody else do that. Being able to say no, I can't do it
Hatti Harmeson:for myself. I might take 15 minutes to get you down the
Hatti Harmeson:street, when there's I go with you is only gonna take me five.
Hatti Harmeson:But it's not how I get there. As long as I get there. Yes. And
Hatti Harmeson:get there the safe way. And once I realised, okay, I can't do
Hatti Harmeson:this here. You know, I can persevere, I can push forward.
Hatti Harmeson:Because when I went to LCB, Louisiana centre for the blind.
Hatti Harmeson:I left two children home, one in high school, one in college, and
Hatti Harmeson:I was gone for nine months, didn't have no family, no
Hatti Harmeson:friends, and I said, Okay, God, I'm not gonna do this. Yeah. And
Hatti Harmeson:it was just like, Okay, I'm there. I'm there. I'm there. I'm
Hatti Harmeson:there. I'm there. And each day, I got out to go do my mobility
Hatti Harmeson:training. I said, Okay, Jesus, man, you just mean you. And he
Hatti Harmeson:took me from point A to point B to point C and back and says,
Hatti Harmeson:and just that one day, I got to go to school. And I walked to
Hatti Harmeson:the edge of the driveway. And it was me and two of my friends.
Hatti Harmeson:And I stepped off the edge in the street. And before they can
Hatti Harmeson:say some I heard the car, and I made up our face, but I didn't
Hatti Harmeson:hit the curb fast enough. Both feet in both hands was in the
Hatti Harmeson:air was hit by the car. But I began to pray. And I was in my
Hatti Harmeson:prayer language. And I said God, nothing missing nothing broken.
Hatti Harmeson:I will be okay. I got above the ground they put they put me on
Hatti Harmeson:the stretcher. And To God be the glory. I had no broken bones. No
Hatti Harmeson:scratches. I had a bruise. Yeah, I was so but nothing was
Hatti Harmeson:missing. Nothing was broken and the weapon a prosper. Okay, the
Hatti Harmeson:weapon did that. I you know, I even had a shot to say, Oh, you
Hatti Harmeson:need to go home, had it come back after you heal. Because I
Hatti Harmeson:was sore. I had a cane for a few weeks. But I'm just like, if I
Hatti Harmeson:go home, I'm not coming back. I say I'm here for a reason. And
Hatti Harmeson:so I stayed and I pressed and I pushed. And I persevered. And I
Hatti Harmeson:graduated from LCB with my training skills. And I was just
Hatti Harmeson:like God, who would have thought you took me to another city in
Hatti Harmeson:another state. I walked miles and miles and miles with no
Hatti Harmeson:sight with no vision with nothing, but God is meeting you.
Hatti Harmeson:And he took me from there back home safe and one piece. And
Hatti Harmeson:people be like, I don't think you could do it. But I did all
Hatti Harmeson:that to come back home and tell somebody, Hey, I was 45. And I
Hatti Harmeson:left two children at home. And I went to get what I needed to be
Hatti Harmeson:able to move forward. And I come back. And I was still stuck.
Hatti Harmeson:Because I felt like oh, I still can't do it. I still can't do
Hatti Harmeson:it. I let people say oh, you can't do it. Well, what you
Hatti Harmeson:gonna do? How are you gonna do it? You know? And I'm just like,
Hatti Harmeson:Why did I get the train and if I can't do it, so I had to come
Hatti Harmeson:out and get that mindset, okay, transform your mind. Don't be
Hatti Harmeson:conformed to the world telling you you can't do it. Be
Hatti Harmeson:transformed by the renewing of your mind saying yes, I can do
Hatti Harmeson:it. And so that's why I'm at now I just want to have a new
Hatti Harmeson:mindset and know that hey, just because this person say no, you
Hatti Harmeson:may have three or four knows. But that one yes. That one. Yes.
Hatti Harmeson:You know, it doesn't matter. And I tell you what, every since I
Hatti Harmeson:say God this day I choose to say yes, so many doors have been
Hatti Harmeson:opening. Yes, I've been getting so many blessings on each side.
Hatti Harmeson:And I'm just like, God, you said you're gonna do it. But this
Hatti Harmeson:right here what I mean, and then to be for you, and then to smile
Hatti Harmeson:for you. I'm just waiting for it to manifest. But he's already
Hatti Harmeson:done that he's already done.
Mark Sedgwick:Yes, His will be done in our lives. And I you
Mark Sedgwick:know what ever since I leaned on God, my life these past three
Mark Sedgwick:years, the trajectory has changed. So I'm so grateful to
Mark Sedgwick:have interviewed you guys. Jason, I know that this is no
Mark Sedgwick:coincidence that I ran into you, man, that you were sharing your
Mark Sedgwick:gift, and that we were able to highlight it, I got a video you
Mark Sedgwick:play. So I'm gonna put that right here on this clip, as
Mark Sedgwick:well. So may God continue to work in your life, Jason, you
Mark Sedgwick:want to share anything with the people watching maybe those
Mark Sedgwick:youth that that you might be training up, I'm sure they're
Mark Sedgwick:gonna be watching this video at some point. So well,
Jason Sprigs:basically, I'm kind of, I'm kind of
Jason Sprigs:establishing a body of work at the moment. And working with,
Jason Sprigs:you know, blind industries and other organisations. I'm
Jason Sprigs:currently in gonna go into my senior college. And after that,
Jason Sprigs:I'm going to work for the Peace Corps. I'm gonna see if I can
Jason Sprigs:reach out and nationally in a way, but yeah, what I can say
Jason Sprigs:now is you're going to need to get to a point to where you need
Jason Sprigs:to do things for you. Because you, it's nice to have support.
Jason Sprigs:But you have to have that want to have that support within
Jason Sprigs:yourself, to support yourself to sustain yourself. Whether you
Jason Sprigs:believe in God or not, we're put on we're put into this world to
Jason Sprigs:really grow, were put into this world to really communicate
Jason Sprigs:hence, you know, community community in it, because it's in
Jason Sprigs:it, right? It's just to really in to build something better. I
Jason Sprigs:know, you know, you check the news, you see all these
Jason Sprigs:shootings, all these things going on. But yeah, I understand
Jason Sprigs:that a lot of these shootings are coming from places of hurt,
Jason Sprigs:a lot of them are not, don't have the guidance or the
Jason Sprigs:mentorship to be there. And that is what I want to do. Because my
Jason Sprigs:father gave that to me, and other male figures in my life.
Jason Sprigs:So I'll say, since lessons out there, you're going to need a
Jason Sprigs:balance of men and female. Yes, mentors, you're going to need
Jason Sprigs:that balance, right? Because there's a lot out there that
Jason Sprigs:grew up from single mothers homes without a father. And you
Jason Sprigs:can find that and you know, I'd recommend that you find that and
Jason Sprigs:it's just looking for those those positive male figures, to
Jason Sprigs:church church. So that helps you find fun farm spirit, Neil's
Jason Sprigs:parish funds for you sign up, but you have to know what your
Jason Sprigs:calling is. And I think that's important is to really know what
Jason Sprigs:you want to do. Because there's a lot of distractions these
Jason Sprigs:days. Now. That's getting people away from that past, what I say
Jason Sprigs:is, you need to be in that you need to take up get a point to
Jason Sprigs:yourself where you read, or you reflect and ask, Am I actually
Jason Sprigs:producing something? What am I working towards? Because you
Jason Sprigs:know, specifically as men, because that's really what I'm
Jason Sprigs:really trying to help other blind men is to, is to produce.
Jason Sprigs:And once you start on that path to produce, other people will
Jason Sprigs:follow.
Mark Sedgwick:Yes, you lead by example. Yes. You just you live
Mark Sedgwick:in the light, and people will see that light radiate, and
Mark Sedgwick:they're going to want to march in that light as well. You know,
Mark Sedgwick:you don't have to push God on the people. But if you live a
Mark Sedgwick:godly life, oh, boy, they might do something.
Jason Sprigs:They're gonna be curious about you. I've come No.
Mark Sedgwick:Amen Brother, And I'm writing a children's book
Mark Sedgwick:right now. I'm following my mom's footsteps. She's a
Mark Sedgwick:children's book author. She's a teacher to men. And so I'm
Mark Sedgwick:following her footsteps. Because I had a woman, a woman mentor,
Mark Sedgwick:as well. And I've had a great man mentors also. But man, I'm
Mark Sedgwick:writing a book called Hey, gamer, there's more. It's just
Mark Sedgwick:funny that we met Jason today. Because I want to show the kids
Mark Sedgwick:that there is more to life. And I'm gonna do that in a
Mark Sedgwick:children's book. And you know, I have found my way through the
Mark Sedgwick:children's books, and through other ways speaking and
Mark Sedgwick:everything like this and coaching and of course leading
Mark Sedgwick:by example. But you guys keep on marching. You guys find your
Mark Sedgwick:gifts today? Realise? What has God given you? What kind of
Mark Sedgwick:gifts? Are you a speaker? Are you a writer? Are you a
Mark Sedgwick:musician? Are you a chef? Are you a cook? Are you an artist?
Mark Sedgwick:Are you are you a protector? Like a police officer, a lawyer?
Mark Sedgwick:Are you supposed to be an advocate for the youth? What are
Mark Sedgwick:you supposed to be you know, ask yourself those questions. And
Mark Sedgwick:don't forget to show up to conferences, show up and shadow
Mark Sedgwick:some people and find good mentors because they're out
Mark Sedgwick:there, you know, and they're willing to help. There's some
Mark Sedgwick:people who are willing to help. Okay, don't forget to hang out
Mark Sedgwick:On the word also the word is great, you'll find some great
Mark Sedgwick:solutions in that. So don't forget about that. Any last
Mark Sedgwick:words howdy.
Hatti Harmeson:I just want to say just know that it's not
Hatti Harmeson:about it's, everything is about God. But people are afraid of
Hatti Harmeson:hearing that word God thinking you're trying to get them into
Hatti Harmeson:the church, just know that you can do nothing on your own even,
Hatti Harmeson:even if it's just sitting in your house. And you can do
Hatti Harmeson:nothing on your own. I found one, one set one thing they told
Hatti Harmeson:me as a joke, was saying that it was a lady praying in her house
Hatti Harmeson:because she needed food in the house or a family. And her
Hatti Harmeson:neighbour was an atheist. And he would watch her every day
Hatti Harmeson:praying, and one day she prayed and she said, God, can you just
Hatti Harmeson:send me some money in the mailbox? I can get some food for
Hatti Harmeson:my family. And he watched her everyday praying and want to
Hatti Harmeson:pray in the evening. All of a sudden, one day she got on her
Hatti Harmeson:porch, and the food was on the porch, the groceries was on the
Hatti Harmeson:porch. And when she went out there to get the groceries, all
Hatti Harmeson:of a sudden he pops up from behind the bush, because she
Hatti Harmeson:said God, you answered my prayers, you answer my prayers.
Hatti Harmeson:And he called himself being finally saying, Oh, that God you
Hatti Harmeson:pray to? He's here now. So I'm the one use my money and buy
Hatti Harmeson:things. Yeah, no. And what he didn't realise was that he was
Hatti Harmeson:being used by God. Right? Yeah. Because he came and answered her
Hatti Harmeson:prayers. So God used anybody so you know, monkey say you can
Hatti Harmeson:look for mentors, their mentors, it, God will use anybody to
Hatti Harmeson:mentor you. You may not want him to be your mentor, but you may
Hatti Harmeson:find them doing something saying something, planning something on
Hatti Harmeson:the piano minister to your spirit, and you'd be like, I
Hatti Harmeson:don't know where that come from. But God, okay, man, I'm gonna do
Hatti Harmeson:this here. You know, he can use the video game. So you know, we
Hatti Harmeson:just gotta be willing vessels willing to say yes. Then get
Hatti Harmeson:move the nose out of the way. Be willing to say yes. Be
Hatti Harmeson:transform, learn how to advocate and push and press forward. And
Hatti Harmeson:I say hey, you press press, go forward.
Mark Sedgwick:Don't give up. Don't give up. Hey, where can
Mark Sedgwick:they find you? Jason? Where can they find you? How to Jason You
Mark Sedgwick:first.
Jason Sprigs:So I'm on Facebook. Look up Jason Spriggs.
Jason Sprigs:I also do a YouTube MD, that's capital M, capital D, capital S.
Jason Sprigs:And then last name sprigs right out a video last year, you know,
Jason Sprigs:just helping out you know, those with with blood with a bond or
Jason Sprigs:any disability and in the dating world, in relationships and
Jason Sprigs:getting what you want that that's that is another's
Jason Sprigs:compensation itself. The world has changed. I'm telling you
Jason Sprigs:right now. So yeah, I'm going to be putting out some content
Jason Sprigs:going as soon as probably when I finish up here. All right, when
Jason Sprigs:I'm trying to finish my programme, awesome. I say look
Jason Sprigs:out for that. Follow me on Facebook. I'll post up. I'll put
Jason Sprigs:some performances if I'm going to church, things like that is
Jason Sprigs:mostly what I post.
Mark Sedgwick:Yes, brother. Keep on being a soldier, man.
Mark Sedgwick:Here's my hand. I want to shake your hand. Jason. Awesome to
Mark Sedgwick:meet you, brother. Keep on marching. Keep on sharing your
Mark Sedgwick:gift that God has given you. Don't forget to honour him using
Mark Sedgwick:that gift because he gave it to you, brother and you are gifted
Jason Sprigs:in Jesus name gets all the credit.
Mark Sedgwick:Yes, ma'am. Yes, sir. And Hatti, where can they
Mark Sedgwick:find you?
Hatti Harmeson:They can find me on Facebook. Just look under
Hatti Harmeson:Hatti Harmeson. You may see cookie craze attached to my name
Hatti Harmeson:right about now because I was using it to raise money to come
Hatti Harmeson:to convention this year. But just find me on the HA TTI e
Hatti Harmeson:hommerson H AR ma epsilon n. And that's where I'll be all right.
Hatti Harmeson:Stay blessed.
Mark Sedgwick:Stay blessed. Keep on sharing your life. Until
Mark Sedgwick:next time, guys. Peace.
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