MATT/GRAD 07/ AOB

To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.

The risk takers might not live long, but the cautious never live at all

"Courage is the ability to move; when all around you are frozen in fear
and no one would blame you if you did nothing at all"

the dream

A FIREMAN'S PRAYER
AUTHOR UNKNOWN


WHEN I'M CALLED TO DUTY GOD
WHERE EVER FLAMES MAY RAGE,
GIVE ME STRENGTH TO SAVE A LIFE
WHATEVER BE IT'S AGE.


HELP ME EMBRACE A LITTLE CHILD
BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE,
OR SAVE AN OLDER PERSON FROM
THE HORROR OF THAT FATE.


ENABLE ME TO BE ALERT AND HEAR
THE WEAKEST SHOUT,
AND QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY
TO PUT THE FIRE OUT.


I WANT TO FILL MY CALLING AND TO
GIVE THE BEST IN ME,
TO GUARD MY EVERY NEIGHBOR
AND TO PROTECT HIS PROPERTY.


AND IF ACCORDING TO MY FATE,
I AM TO LOSE MY LIFE,
PLEASE BLESS WITH YOUR PROTECTING HAND
MY CHILDREN AND MY WIFE