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An unbelievable life story of Jason Eien, born in 1971, at the age of one his mom committed suicide. And then at the age of seven. Well, my dad was a famous trombone player. He was in the Frank Sinatra, Stan Kenton, Steve Miller's band and 14 movies. And then at the age of seven, my dad shot my brother and I while we were asleep at night in bed, you as he came home from performing an ad on the internet, it says they think he shot us because he wanted us to die with him because we had no mom and he loved us. But I found out that the nice thing is he wrote two years before he shot us in the head. He wrote whoever survives the gunshot wound gets all his royalties. That's what I live off of.
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Okay, everybody, welcome to the hope without
Saylor Cooper:sight and shine podcast together. Our podcasts have a
Saylor Cooper:lot in common we both teach people we both interviewed
Saylor Cooper:people have overcome challenges in life and wanted to shine
Saylor Cooper:their light and live in Dallas. We're here at the NFB National
Saylor Cooper:Federation of the Blind 2023 convention here in Houston,
Saylor Cooper:Texas is awesome. And we've had with me some great people. We
Saylor Cooper:just got finished. Having an interview was pretty heavy with
Saylor Cooper:dead Wow. Yes. Yes. Yes, yeah. But now we have another guy
Saylor Cooper:who's incredible. He's, he believes in God, which is good.
Saylor Cooper:Lives in Arizona. But he has quite a remarkable story. Please
Saylor Cooper:welcome Jason Eien Jason. How you doing?
Mark Sedgwick:I'm great. Yes, good to be here. It was so nice
Mark Sedgwick:to meet you, man. Whenever we heard a little snippet of your
Mark Sedgwick:story, which we really would love to share us as much as
Mark Sedgwick:you're willing to with our audience. Now we were thrown
Mark Sedgwick:back, man. And that's Yeah, it's really a miracle that you're
Mark Sedgwick:even here with us. So let's go ahead and start off with your
Mark Sedgwick:origin story. My friend. Tell us about the start of your story.
Mark Sedgwick:Some of your background and yeah,
Jason Eien:okay. Well, my name is Jason I and I was born in
Jason Eien:1971, at the age of one on all committed suicide. And then at
Jason Eien:the age of seven. Well, my dad was a famous trombone player. He
Jason Eien:was in the Frank Sinatra, Stan Kenton, Steve Miller's band and
Jason Eien:14 movies. And then at the age of seven, my dad shot my brother
Jason Eien:and I while we were asleep at night in bed, you as he came
Jason Eien:home from performing an ad on the internet, it says they think
Jason Eien:he shot us because he wanted us to die with him because we had
Jason Eien:no mom and he loved us. But I found out that the nice thing is
Jason Eien:he wrote two years before he shot us in the head. He wrote
Jason Eien:whoever survives the gunshot wound gets all his royalties.
Jason Eien:That's what I live off of. I get his I get his story. I get his
Jason Eien:social security and his royalties. And that's why I have
Jason Eien:Medicare even though not 65. I started getting it when I was
Jason Eien:20. Because when I was 20, and my dad would have been 65.
Jason Eien:That's why I get Medicare. Well, we, my name used to be Jason
Jason Eien:Rosalina because I'm Italian. But after I got shot, I got
Jason Eien:adopted by my second cousin. Oh, yes. And I was in a coma for two
Jason Eien:months after I got shot in the hospital thought I wasn't gonna
Jason Eien:live. That's why they gave middle the middle name Lazarus
Jason Eien:because I came out of a coma.
Mark Sedgwick:Well,
Saylor Cooper:to find compelling Jason that you with
Saylor Cooper:us? Yeah,
Mark Sedgwick:yes. We are grateful to God for that
Mark Sedgwick:miracle, man. Oh, yeah. That is amazing. So Tamar, do you have
Mark Sedgwick:any questions yet?
Tamor:Um, I'm very impressed to on basically, after, you know,
Tamor:surviving a coma, like, you know, I want to know, like,
Tamor:like, how you over came that coma? You were able to, you
Tamor:know, accomplish what you have accomplished and make a
Tamor:difference out there. Yes. Because that is something I was
Tamor:struggling struggling with. And for the longest time ever, I you
Tamor:know, it was like a grey area that I did not know how to, you
Tamor:know, accomplish basically
Mark Sedgwick:overcome, overcome. Yeah, because you were
Mark Sedgwick:in a coma as well. Oh, Tamar, a month and a half. So tell us a
Mark Sedgwick:little bit about that story before we bounce to Jason.
Tamor:So I had a child I got a I got leukaemia and it was acute
Tamor:leukaemia, so it was very hard to to cure. And the doctors told
Tamor:my parents, I'm not gonna survive, but I did survive.
Tamor:After a month and a half, I suddenly woke up from the coma.
Tamor:And at that time, I did not know anyone. And it took me time to,
Tamor:you know, to know, everyone around me. And it was where I
Tamor:was a baby again. And from the coma, I lost my vision because
Tamor:my optic nerve got busted. And I had it was like when I was a
Tamor:baby again, I had to relearn everything over and
Mark Sedgwick:that's what brought you here to the United
Mark Sedgwick:States isn't isn't chemical warfare. Were out again. When
Mark Sedgwick:you're working on Palestine. That's where you were born
Mark Sedgwick:initially. Right?
Tamor:Right. Yeah. So you know, I had to endure or cancer and go
Tamor:through chemotherapy and go through all of that. As a child,
Tamor:and I think thanks to the US for having, you know, all the
Tamor:medical advancements, because, you know, we don't have that
Tamor:back home. So I survived. And now, you know, I'm, I guess,
Tamor:enduring the effects from that. tragedy has the correct you
Tamor:know, I have short term memory, but it's, it's not affecting me
Tamor:heavily, but it's affecting me where, you know, maybe with
Tamor:employment. And, you know, I'm trying to now see how I can
Tamor:overcome that. I'm, you know, optimistic. I'm ambitious, and
Tamor:I'm outgoing. So yeah, sir. You know, I'm trying to see how I
Tamor:can, you know, get employment and not you know, not struggle
Tamor:with these these
Mark Sedgwick:challenges. Yeah. As we learned from our friend
Mark Sedgwick:Derek, so Jason Yes. So how have you overcome your circumstances
Mark Sedgwick:and and what how are you shining your light today?
Jason Eien:I've overcome because I as I can't overcome
Jason Eien:with comments like a child again and but a nice thing is by by
Jason Eien:staying active, if you're with my adoptive family, and I'm I
Jason Eien:went to school and I stay active, I always do work and as
Jason Eien:an adult, I was a volunteer helping people out and doing by
Jason Eien:keeping busy and my family knows that that's what helps me stay
Jason Eien:happy and healthy and helping people I like to do that. And,
Jason Eien:and no one else helped me as I was living in group homes for a
Jason Eien:while, while everyone was asleep at night. I was reading my Bible
Jason Eien:all lights off because never too dark to read the Bible. Hey,
Jason Eien:yeah, amen. Amen. Well, Bible, that's what helps me reading the
Jason Eien:Bible.
Saylor Cooper:Jason, I mean, I know it's very hard times. I
Saylor Cooper:mean, it's a good thing. Like you said he was sleep whenever
Saylor Cooper:he was shot, so you never assaulted but I know you
Saylor Cooper:remember your dad before? But did you ever think I couldn't? I
Saylor Cooper:can't stay here. Did you ever worry about going to join them?
Saylor Cooper:Did you ever get that low?
Jason Eien:Oh, well, no, because my dad has been out most
Jason Eien:mostly performing. I was hardly ever home with him. And but the
Jason Eien:I'm really thankful that my dad wrote his will. That's all like,
Jason Eien:each each year I get his checks. Praise the Lord for that. And
Jason Eien:yeah, get his royalties, because some actors like Jennifer Garner
Jason Eien:pays me.
Saylor Cooper:It's good that I mean, I was no longer here. You
Saylor Cooper:know, he's looking down, like, yes, they say when when people
Saylor Cooper:commit suicide, they say don't go to heaven, which I don't
Saylor Cooper:believe it's true. Like, maybe you intentionally kill yourself.
Saylor Cooper:Maybe that's the case. But if you're suffering, and you're in
Saylor Cooper:deep pain, God understands it, right? Oh, yes. Yeah. Yes.
Jason Eien:That's like, I just thank God for our technology to
Jason Eien:that's what else helps me. I'm so independent. I live by
Jason Eien:myself. It's our technology and, and people, when people read
Jason Eien:about me on the internet, they see that I'm as patient as job.
Jason Eien:Because if you put my name on Google, you'll see all about
Jason Eien:this. You'll see that my dad on YouTube and YouTube and Google.
Jason Eien:My dad's name was Frank Rosalina.
Saylor Cooper:So Google your name, and I'll find it that
Jason Eien:Jason ei e n. Yeah.
Mark Sedgwick:So how do you share the light today, my
Mark Sedgwick:friend, what are you doing now?
Jason Eien:Well, I'm working. I like going out and I'm
Jason Eien:independent. I take walks by myself and I teach people
Jason Eien:Braille and I technology help out and when I'm out, I'm always
Jason Eien:I like walking by myself and people like how good I cross the
Jason Eien:streets. And yes, in fact, they videoed me in Omaha, Nebraska,
Jason Eien:walking to work how fast I do it. Hey, yes. And I was also
Jason Eien:doing I was the Statue of Liberty in a couple states for
Jason Eien:Liberty taxes. Yes, I want the sign and a little caesars I did
Jason Eien:that, too. I signed spin for them dancing with the sign and
Jason Eien:singing. Oh.
Mark Sedgwick:So Oh, talking about dance. You told me you
Mark Sedgwick:were in high school dance a little earlier during our lunch.
Mark Sedgwick:So tell us about that. Because I know there's a lot of kids out
Mark Sedgwick:there who might be overcoming challenges. You know, we're not
Mark Sedgwick:seeing disability right now. But overcoming challenges of fear or
Mark Sedgwick:hesitation they think I can't dance. Why would I join dance?
Mark Sedgwick:I'm I'm shy. I don't want to do that. That's gonna make me
Mark Sedgwick:uncomfortable. Tell us about your journey in that and maybe
Mark Sedgwick:how you overcame the fears?
Jason Eien:No, since I got music in my blood banks. My
Jason Eien:dad's a famous trombone player. Yeah. And I was playing drums at
Jason Eien:one time I performed with my dad. I played to play drums on
Jason Eien:TV and he played trombone and but anyhow, music is so much
Jason Eien:Indymedia. Yeah, that's why I like dancing and I just mean, we
Jason Eien:did clogging in high school, tap dancing. And we also did drama
Jason Eien:and But musics just that's natural enemy AI. That's good
Jason Eien:for you too. I heard that music is good for stress too.
Saylor Cooper:Oh yeah, yes.
Jason Eien:I gotta tell people. What I like about being blind is
Jason Eien:I watch less TV but more music. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, that's
Saylor Cooper:me. It's me cool. When you're
Jason Eien:blind, you're less tempted to the world and you're
Jason Eien:more people. It's good to be playing and you have more self
Jason Eien:control and wow.
Mark Sedgwick:The Bible says, like, pluck out your own eye
Mark Sedgwick:that causes you to sin. Yeah, right. So you got you got to you
Mark Sedgwick:got to I flunked out anyways. Yeah.
Jason Eien:By faith, not by sight.
Mark Sedgwick:Oh, that's beautiful, man.
Saylor Cooper:I love the Bible. Yeah. Jason, as I said, you're
Saylor Cooper:an interesting guy. You're God fearing Christian. Good, man.
Jason Eien:Thanks. Yep, I've already moved to different six
Jason Eien:different states the past six years.
Mark Sedgwick:Amazing. And so you know, I've made quite the
Mark Sedgwick:transition to my life from listening to you know, worldly
Mark Sedgwick:music about you know, junk, you know, earthly temptations, money
Mark Sedgwick:guns, women all kinds of bad stuff. And now I've transitioned
Mark Sedgwick:to listening to only music about God and good and stuff like
Mark Sedgwick:that. I really feel convicted to not listen to anything like
Mark Sedgwick:that's that's junk like that and fill my mind up with good guard
Mark Sedgwick:my eyes guard my ears. So what kind of music do you listen to
Mark Sedgwick:my man,
Jason Eien:oldies, but goodies because I My mind's on the words
Jason Eien:that they sing. It just keeps me moving. Yeah. Because like when
Jason Eien:I listen to music, especially with earphones on I daydream of
Jason Eien:nice things. That's why I tell people I never get lonely,
Jason Eien:because when he can't see just having music on my ears, I dream
Jason Eien:of things. Yeah. Yes. Yeah. And plus I workout I jump roping on
Jason Eien:a trampoline and
Mark Sedgwick:oh, wow, that's a good workout right there. And I
Mark Sedgwick:Oh, you
Jason Eien:also see on the internet in 2007. I was a blind
Jason Eien:bowling national champion. accomplishment with American
Jason Eien:Blind boys Association. Yeah.
Mark Sedgwick:So tell us about how you got into that.
Jason Eien:Well, in and when I was in California, I started
Jason Eien:joining a bowling league because my adopted family knows I like
Jason Eien:to keep active and do fun things. So I joined a bowling
Jason Eien:league. And I went with them. I also did all kinds of other kind
Jason Eien:of sports like swimming and like your workout. Because because I
Jason Eien:just by by staying active and helping others is what helps me
Mark Sedgwick:so tell us I mean some some skills with how did
Mark Sedgwick:you become a champion? How did you score like over 200? Yeah,
Mark Sedgwick:283. Now you didn't use no bumpers? Did you? Oh, no. Come
Mark Sedgwick:on. Dude. That's amazing.
Jason Eien:With our left hand, we hold onto a rail so we know
Jason Eien:when to stop. And with a right hand, we throw the ball. Wow.
Jason Eien:Yeah. So how can we throw the first ball they tell us how many
Jason Eien:pens we have left. And I'm good with aiming.
Mark Sedgwick:That's impressive. Amazing as amazing.
Mark Sedgwick:So maybe to wrap this podcast up. And if you guys have any
Mark Sedgwick:other questions, Saylor and Tamar, you guys can feel free to
Mark Sedgwick:ask it after ask this one. But so what do you want to tell to
Mark Sedgwick:the youth out there and maybe maybe even the younger yourself?
Mark Sedgwick:who maybe is scared to jump on the next challenge, you know,
Mark Sedgwick:scared to take a risk and take a dive and to trust God and lean
Mark Sedgwick:on him instead of leaning on their own understanding? When
Mark Sedgwick:you want to tell them?
Jason Eien:I don't let what people tell you stop you from
Jason Eien:being what you want to be because all things are possible
Jason Eien:for those who trust in the Lord and think positive. Because even
Jason Eien:though you're blind, it's still possible to do things like like
Jason Eien:I do a jumper up on a trampoline, I take walks and
Jason Eien:dancing and and socialising too. I like being a social person.
Jason Eien:And people some people think I can I can see. Because how could
Jason Eien:I get around? Oh, look, I look at them. And
Tamor:yeah, and yes, I have
Saylor Cooper:no intention of actually. I'm gonna ask my
Saylor Cooper:camera roll
Tamor:was. So I did hear how you basically try to be focused
Tamor:and be mindful. Yes. So I found this time ever did not know that
Tamor:about about myself. I went to work for Apple and thinking I'm
Tamor:going to be successful. So I did indoor. Similarly what you did
Tamor:endure. And I was pressured for the longest time ever doing that
Tamor:job, because it was dealing with customer service. And the tools
Tamor:I was working with were inaccessible. And I was
Tamor:basically provided with tools that were making me frustrated
Tamor:making me uneasy, and they did not give me any solutions to
Tamor:those problems. And at the end, I figured out that it was you
Tamor:know, making my life so miserable.
Jason Eien:I teach people that. That's why it's why it's good if
Jason Eien:you if you practice what you don't know, learn how to do it,
Jason Eien:but not by depending on others, like, try to get books that
Jason Eien:teach you like, like the technology I learned. I don't
Jason Eien:learn from school from rehab, because I don't know if I get my
Jason Eien:own books and read it and what I need to before I work
Tamor:correct, but like, see, like, I went to work for an
Tamor:employer that I thought they are fully equipped with
Tamor:accessibility, and they know accessibility, but they don't.
Tamor:Yeah, and I was at the end, you know, faced with so much
Tamor:challenge, and it made me so much stressful. And that's what
Tamor:made me leave the job because I wasn't ready for it. Not ready.
Tamor:But like, you know, I was committed, I was, you know,
Tamor:ambitious to do the work. But the the workplace wasn't
Tamor:accessible for me. Does that make sense? Yeah. And I gave
Tamor:feedback I gave. You know, I commented on what they need to
Tamor:do, they never, you know, they never took that feedback.
Tamor:Doesn't make sense. Yeah. So, I love how you share that. You try
Tamor:to be, you know, mindful in the present, you know, saying like,
Tamor:yes. And I wish I knew that about myself before then, and
Tamor:not getting into that situation.
Jason Eien:And I think you'll also feel good. If you get like
Jason Eien:a self employed job, like I'm going to do and become a Braille
Tamor:train. I'm telling you, I am now I know, I want to do
Tamor:that. I'm gonna go back to college and learn self
Tamor:employment. Wow.
Saylor Cooper:Okay, now, Jason, I need player because I'm facing
Saylor Cooper:a lot of challenges. As you know, starting a business is not
Saylor Cooper:easy. So I need that. I have the right team and tools tools.
Saylor Cooper:Yeah, yes. Okay. And so, um, yeah, but can we have finished
Saylor Cooper:right?
Tamor:I think so. Yes. But you know, what I'm like, what my
Tamor:message is, is like, like, think about the thought process of
Tamor:what you want to do. Before you do. It's, it's sad that in my
Tamor:situation, I, you know, I was that person that was outgoing
Tamor:and motivated, but my life experience was, you know, did
Tamor:not allow me to, you know, like working for Apple and not
Tamor:knowing you know, what is coming? Did sounds me if that
Tamor:makes sense. Yeah. So, that's it. It's
Jason Eien:kind of like, I learned like, if you love
Jason Eien:yourself before you love others, then it's better than that's why
Jason Eien:I've always depending on getting a job with others before I know
Jason Eien:it, then that's yes, that's a self employed job. And
Tamor:now I learned that I That's why I want to pursue self
Tamor:employment.
Jason Eien:Like you can get a telemarketing job at home. Oh,
Jason Eien:who are you? Yeah.
Saylor Cooper:So Jason, I asked this customer a new question on
Saylor Cooper:my podcast. What advice would you give to a buyer struggling
Saylor Cooper:live in does know what tonne and just doesn't seem to know that
Saylor Cooper:there's a way out
Jason Eien:of God with all your heart, soul and mind laid go.
Jason Eien:he's been broken into love yourself before you love others.
Jason Eien:Because if you love yourself first, and you won't let what
Jason Eien:others think of you to stress you and you'll be positive on
Jason Eien:going forward because God's for us.
Saylor Cooper:Yes, yes. Yeah, he's, he's a man. Yeah. Like
Saylor Cooper:Jason, thanks so much for being on the shine and hope without
Saylor Cooper:side podcast. Thank you.
Jason Eien:Thanks. That's like I even tell people since I can't
Jason Eien:see I can only use my hands to do things like everything read
Jason Eien:that's why I'm called handsome.
Saylor Cooper:Anything No, nothing. Oh, nothing. Nope.
Jason Eien:I remember what things look like. Yeah.
Mark Sedgwick:Till next time, fellows. Yeah, keep on shining
Mark Sedgwick:your light, shine and ours. peace. Amen. Amen.
