These are exactly the kind of choices my husband and I have made, and yes, living simply and choosing to place ourselves in discomfort and the unknown over the years has given us a deep sense of what matters, what doesn't, what is doable, what stretches us, and as you stated so beautifully, what clarifies and connects us. Thanks so much for sharing. I will be linking to this in my next post! ❤️
Wow! That's a pretty tall order for some of us who clearly have fewer years ahead than those that are behind. But the principles are sound, and making small steps in each category, or even just a few, should result in some benefit for one's self and others. Thank you.
Tall order maybe. I have lived by those principle for so long. I inherited them from my one of my earlier experience in life, in my early twenties when I was a guide in the Sahara desert living with nomadic tribes. The beauty and simplicity of their lives still inspire me.
Wow, you’re really Gunning for total collapse aren’t you? Lol I have a more optimistic feeling about what’s going to happen, and with that being said, I was also in a cult and married to a prepper for 10 years. My only concern is leaving town for a couple of months this summer, but before I go, my kids will be well stocked, and before I leave, we’re going to re-learn how to make bread again I’m going to count on my community, my neighbors. And yes, I’ve seen the last of us in all sorts of different post apocalyptic shows, and movies am I maybe naïvely still believe in humans having some humanity left.
In all honesty, I don't know what's coming. You lived 10 year with a prepper. It influenced you. I lived 30 years between front lines and collapse and of course it influences my view of the world. I am not saying it is the Truth. I am also widely aware that denial is the most obvious human behavior in the face of collapse. I am just sitting with all possibilities.
In fact most people would live better lives doing only a small part of what is included above, collapse or not.
You know, I love you, and have to give you a little bit of a hard time lol living with a prepper, surrounded by a lot of preppers, constantly in fear, I knew people that lived intense and spent all their money Building undergrounds. It was one of the reasons I desperately had to leave that state because he didn’t want to raise children in that kind of environment. I think it’s very important for people to be prepared. Believe me before I leave for the summer, my kids will have six months worth of food stuffed into their little kitchen, but I will tell them more than anything is to remember their humanity to rely on their neighbors who were very good people. I think that’s the message. I wanna get out more and more these days as we all get scared, I recall very much the pandemic, and while people did hoard toilet paper, people were good to each other, at least in the neighborhood that I lived in.
Agreed. In fact my intention in this post is to depart from most prepper's attitude, stockpiling, bunkering, buying guns. I say "become a better human" and all will flow better for all of us. Maybe I can say it even better... but that's what came today.
I am certainly not a prepper, nor do I live in fear. Fear is what created the current stuation...
For what it’s worth, when I mostly got from your essay is to become self reliant, which I think is an important message. But it also felt very individualistic in that read to me personally and maybe I miss something like one should totally insulate. Which makes sense is basically a single man with adult children. It’s funny for the last few days. I’ve been working on a piece that’s sort of the opposite because I’ve been seeing a lot of these posts lately from people the doom and gloom which I don’t think it’s a bad idea. I think people need to be honest about where we’re at… Even if there are different ways, perhaps to look at where we might go.
I think all points of view when expressed genuinely and not trying the right wrong approach, are meaningful. I don't have the solution. i don't have the truth. I speak from what helped me navigate chaos. And yes, I did not do that with my family in tail. I offer my slice of the cake. With all the slices than we can see the bigger picture.
These are exactly the kind of choices my husband and I have made, and yes, living simply and choosing to place ourselves in discomfort and the unknown over the years has given us a deep sense of what matters, what doesn't, what is doable, what stretches us, and as you stated so beautifully, what clarifies and connects us. Thanks so much for sharing. I will be linking to this in my next post! ❤️
Well, you’ve inspired me to share the content of this post with your own initiatives.
So we can keep the conversation going and maybe inspire more people into the conversation!
Love
Thank you Gabriel `~Michael Justice...Sharing your light, CHEERS!
Thank you Michael!
This is absolutely beautiful and grounded.
Honest and touching.
Thank you
Thanks you Johan. I loved your post on mother's day. I shared it...
Wow! That's a pretty tall order for some of us who clearly have fewer years ahead than those that are behind. But the principles are sound, and making small steps in each category, or even just a few, should result in some benefit for one's self and others. Thank you.
Tall order maybe. I have lived by those principle for so long. I inherited them from my one of my earlier experience in life, in my early twenties when I was a guide in the Sahara desert living with nomadic tribes. The beauty and simplicity of their lives still inspire me.
Beautifully straightforward. Thank you.
Thank you Keith for these powerful two words…
Love
Wow, you’re really Gunning for total collapse aren’t you? Lol I have a more optimistic feeling about what’s going to happen, and with that being said, I was also in a cult and married to a prepper for 10 years. My only concern is leaving town for a couple of months this summer, but before I go, my kids will be well stocked, and before I leave, we’re going to re-learn how to make bread again I’m going to count on my community, my neighbors. And yes, I’ve seen the last of us in all sorts of different post apocalyptic shows, and movies am I maybe naïvely still believe in humans having some humanity left.
In all honesty, I don't know what's coming. You lived 10 year with a prepper. It influenced you. I lived 30 years between front lines and collapse and of course it influences my view of the world. I am not saying it is the Truth. I am also widely aware that denial is the most obvious human behavior in the face of collapse. I am just sitting with all possibilities.
In fact most people would live better lives doing only a small part of what is included above, collapse or not.
Love
You know, I love you, and have to give you a little bit of a hard time lol living with a prepper, surrounded by a lot of preppers, constantly in fear, I knew people that lived intense and spent all their money Building undergrounds. It was one of the reasons I desperately had to leave that state because he didn’t want to raise children in that kind of environment. I think it’s very important for people to be prepared. Believe me before I leave for the summer, my kids will have six months worth of food stuffed into their little kitchen, but I will tell them more than anything is to remember their humanity to rely on their neighbors who were very good people. I think that’s the message. I wanna get out more and more these days as we all get scared, I recall very much the pandemic, and while people did hoard toilet paper, people were good to each other, at least in the neighborhood that I lived in.
Agreed. In fact my intention in this post is to depart from most prepper's attitude, stockpiling, bunkering, buying guns. I say "become a better human" and all will flow better for all of us. Maybe I can say it even better... but that's what came today.
I am certainly not a prepper, nor do I live in fear. Fear is what created the current stuation...
For what it’s worth, when I mostly got from your essay is to become self reliant, which I think is an important message. But it also felt very individualistic in that read to me personally and maybe I miss something like one should totally insulate. Which makes sense is basically a single man with adult children. It’s funny for the last few days. I’ve been working on a piece that’s sort of the opposite because I’ve been seeing a lot of these posts lately from people the doom and gloom which I don’t think it’s a bad idea. I think people need to be honest about where we’re at… Even if there are different ways, perhaps to look at where we might go.
I think all points of view when expressed genuinely and not trying the right wrong approach, are meaningful. I don't have the solution. i don't have the truth. I speak from what helped me navigate chaos. And yes, I did not do that with my family in tail. I offer my slice of the cake. With all the slices than we can see the bigger picture.
I think what we’re all trying to say or at least you and I remember your humanity first