New Jobby-Job!
Pending results of a drug test, background check and approval by the board of supervisors, I will be a part time 911 dispatcher in Neshoba County! Public safety is something that has been in the back of my mind for sometime now and this could be a stepping stone to something bigger later. I'm still going to do radio part time. I'm not ruling anything out at this point but it seems like this coune be the path I'm supposed to be on for now. I've also thought about going to EMT school sometime next year and some other possibilities. We'll see!
With that in mind, I found this on myspace and I wanted to share it. Hope you enjoy it!
--Jonathan
The Dispatcher's Prayer
Dear Lord, help me keep safe those who depend on me. Give mehealthy ears, for they are my link with those who need me. Keep mymind sharp and alert, my fingers quick and nimble. Grant that I neverforget how to do ten things at once, and do them all equally well.Bless me with patience Lord. Patience to deal with the public, with theofficers, with the boss, and with everyone else who makes me want togrit my teeth and yell.
Give me nerves of steel, that I may listen to a mother screaming forher child to live, the man with a gun, or an officer yelling for backup, and not give way to panic.Grant me empathy, that I may help the battered wife, the rape victim, the abused child, and not cause them more pain than they already have.God, give me the ability to learn what I need, to remember it quickly, and give me the wisdom to use the knowledge properly.
Bless my family Lord, for they will have to make sacrifices to shiftwork, overtime, canceled plans, and times when I just can't take onone more thing. Help them understand the missed ball games, schoolprograms, and dinners for two.
Lord, give me courage. Courage to persevere when I feelundervalued, unappreciated, overworked, and unrecognized. Courage to keep trying when I feel in my heart it's hopeless.Last of all Lord, help me to never forget why I chose to do this job inthe first place, to never lose sight of what is important in the midst ofthe stress. Help me to remember that I make a difference, howeversmall it may seem some days, and that I matter.
I am a dispatcher, Lord, grant me peace.
by Nadine Clark
With that in mind, I found this on myspace and I wanted to share it. Hope you enjoy it!
--Jonathan
The Dispatcher's Prayer
Dear Lord, help me keep safe those who depend on me. Give mehealthy ears, for they are my link with those who need me. Keep mymind sharp and alert, my fingers quick and nimble. Grant that I neverforget how to do ten things at once, and do them all equally well.Bless me with patience Lord. Patience to deal with the public, with theofficers, with the boss, and with everyone else who makes me want togrit my teeth and yell.
Give me nerves of steel, that I may listen to a mother screaming forher child to live, the man with a gun, or an officer yelling for backup, and not give way to panic.Grant me empathy, that I may help the battered wife, the rape victim, the abused child, and not cause them more pain than they already have.God, give me the ability to learn what I need, to remember it quickly, and give me the wisdom to use the knowledge properly.
Bless my family Lord, for they will have to make sacrifices to shiftwork, overtime, canceled plans, and times when I just can't take onone more thing. Help them understand the missed ball games, schoolprograms, and dinners for two.
Lord, give me courage. Courage to persevere when I feelundervalued, unappreciated, overworked, and unrecognized. Courage to keep trying when I feel in my heart it's hopeless.Last of all Lord, help me to never forget why I chose to do this job inthe first place, to never lose sight of what is important in the midst ofthe stress. Help me to remember that I make a difference, howeversmall it may seem some days, and that I matter.
I am a dispatcher, Lord, grant me peace.
by Nadine Clark
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