When we prep how do we do it?
One person that I know decided that he ‘deserved’ to have ALL gourmet, freeze dried foods in his food storage program. He had enough ‘servings’ to last him 2 years. It cost him a LOT and when I added up the actual calorie count only gave him enough food for less than a year. He did not want to store any corn, beans, rice nor oatmeal as he considered that peasant food… he also refused to put in a garden as he was not going to slave in it. He also refused to get a part time job while he complained about how much he “needed’ more money to pay for his hobbies. BTW I am not bashing freeze dried foods in general as they are nice to have and can fill in what is lacking in a basic or expanded food storage program. Nothing replaces fresh foods though for taste and nutrition as well as sustainability as stored food eventually runs out unless you have a way of production. By now you should have decided what you are going to plant in your garden this year.
Focus first on the actual NEEDS that you have, then the nice to have only then maybe the luxuries.
OK, what prompted this post?
Well I was going through some old stuff and came across the following and thought that it would be a good thing for us to ponder.
A group of graduates, well established in their careers, were talking at a reunion and decided to go visit their old university professor, now retired.
During their visit, the conversation turned to complaints about stress in their work and lives. Offering his guests hot chocolate, the professor went into the kitchen and returned with a large pot of hot chocolate and an assortment of cups – porcelain, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite – telling them to help themselves to the hot chocolate.
When they all had a cup of hot chocolate in hand, the professor said:
“Notice that all the nice looking, expensive cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. The cup that you’re drinking from adds nothing to the quality of the hot chocolate. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was hot chocolate, not the cup; but you consciously went for the best cups… And then you began eyeing each other’s cups.
Now consider this: Life is the hot chocolate; your job, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life. The cup you have does not define, nor change the quality of life you have.
Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the hot chocolate God has provided us. God makes the hot chocolate, man chooses the cups.
The happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything that they have.
Live simply.
Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly.
And enjoy your hot chocolate
Cross ref
http://www.preparesurvivethrive.us/comms-part-1/
http://www.preparesurvivethrive.us/convalescent-care/
and some books that explore the topics in more depth
http://www.preparesurvivethrive.us/ready-or-not-things-will-happen/ This is book 1 the quick start guide to preparedness.
http://www.preparesurvivethrive.us/ready-or-not-fun-things-will-happen/ This is book 2 about traveling and evacuation planning.
http://www.preparesurvivethrive.us
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