We are our own worst enemy. Those six simple words neatly summarize all that is wrong with the world today.
Our preference is to believe we are all independent entities who control our own destiny. While this is certainly a flattering delusion, the realty is we are walking talking automatons perfectly programmed and perpetually manipulated. We continuously sweat the small stuff (family, work, home and play) while conceding near total control of our 'selves' to external programming.
I suspect part of the problem is a failure of our imagination. How can we know anything other than what we (think) we know? Part of the solution is to break from our numbing routines and stretch well beyond our comfort zone. To do so we must be willing to see our 'self' in a totally unflattering light, to clearly perceive that which we shield ourselves from.
One of my pet peeves is not being able to find articles about self sufficiency without first reading what the author "believes" is really happening with politics or science necessitating these steps.
While I have strong opinions about the causes of changing weather and the need to grow some or all of our own food and medicine, it is not my purpose to sell you, the reader, on my views. I simply want to encourage and perhaps even inspire others to take steps to provide for themselves in a more direct manner. Trust me, if a city princess like me can convert to a dirt digging, tree climbing mountain dweller, anyone can.
Please forgive the opinions about the scientific causes and conclusions reached in this report prepared for the government. Permit yourself to sift through an otherwise informative work with some wonderful recommendations regarding growing food during these changing times. Read on at: Extreme Weather and Food Resilience for Home Growers.
There is little argument that we are living during a time of enormous change. Perhaps this rate of change has always been with us but circumstances and programming allowed us the luxury of focusing on those things that last. We have learned to value that which is dependable and will stand the test of time, contrary to 'change'.
How can we find sanity when the facets of life which seemed to be fixed end up being variable? The processes, the rules and even the set-in-stone laws are changing and indeed much of the time it doesn't seem fair. How do we cope, move forward and even thrive?
David Cain presents an upbeat look at approaching change and incorporating it into a healthy perspective. For more, please read: A Brief Guide to Recreational Time Travel.
