The Almost Perfect Man.

But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat, and fastened on his hand. Acts 28:3


My ex-colleague Dan always reminded me a bit of Paul the apostle. In this passage, even more, like Paul, Dan wasn’t afraid of snakes. I can see Dan shaking the snake out of his hand and into the fire like Paul did.
And this Tursday I was happy to speak with him again. You don’t forget someone easily especially after working face to face for 10 years, and where we worked, 10 years can easily be like 100.

Born in the US, raised by Czech parents, Dan couldn’t be further apart from my Jewish/Italian background, yet he would fit perfectly well with the guys in my “clan” all hunters and fishermen, avid seekers of the truth, perceived as arrogant at times, smart but unafraid of any type of work yet incapable of half-way done jobs or of poor quality things, and of high morals. Just like Dan.

In a world of sissy people, and feminine men, he stands out, happy to voice his beliefs, and equally equipped to fight testosterone pumped thugs, BS filled systems and “cityots.”

Brutally honest, like me, we had many fights. The “religious war” lasted 10 years in the lab, it would just pop up from time to time during the morning hours. Yet Dan didn’t hate me, because I hated the catholic church. Neither did I hate him because he disliked evangelicals so much.

I once took the courage to ask him if he had accepted Jesus into his heart and he said “yes.” I didn’t believe it, LOL, I think he just wanted to end the conversation. If he really didn’t, I hope he does it, sometime. Even the church needs more men like him.

Dan is part of a race in extinction. I mean the race of REAL MEN, who can defend a woman, speak up their minds, own a gun, eat and drink without guilt, be honest, be alive, be normal, and know how to fight, because the real fight, in this world  is just begining... and all along they think nothing of themselves. And because of that, he will go to distance.

I alwyas think of Dan from time to time. When I do, I laugh with joy: they could not break him. And with all my heart I hope he doesn’t only gets rich and known, NO. I hope that as the years pass and life finds him older, having already raised many other little Dans with Grazyna, he can be found reaching the fullness of Christ that the Bible talks about in Ephesians. Then Dan will be the perfect man. God Bless him.