Someone sent me a link to a World Net Daily article yesterday. The article is about the growing numbers of people who are preparing for a collapse of our infrastructure by moving toward a self-sufficient life.
Preppers get ready for the worst – movement to stockpile for emergency at all-time high
Within the article is a paragraph about a family that left their life in California to find some land in the mid-west near a stream that they could use for drinking water, bathing, cleaning, and irrigating their home-grown crops. It made me realize that I have been comparing our efforts to most of the world and thought we were doing pretty well. This family reminded me of others that I know of or have read about that are fully committed to this. I am lingering in the middle. If we are really going to be prepared, then I think we have to really sell out.
What does that mean? Well, it means:
- I have to focus on this project exclusive to everything else.
- That we may need to make some unbelievably tough choices about careers and where we live.
- Some significant expenditures might be in our future – e.g. do we need to put in a water well?
This article, and in particular the family mentioned in the article, has given me another wake-up call. It seems that I need a good kick in the pants at least once a month to break free from the cultural inertia that puts me back to sleep.
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