"A bad attitude is like a flat tire. If you don’t change it, you’ll never go anywhere."

"A bad attitude is like a flat tire. If you don’t change it, you’ll never go anywhere."

 

I sent this out once before but as I was watching it again, I wanted to share it again!!!

All Is Safely Gathered In, by Irvine Stake

http://didiatreliefsociety.blogspot.com/2011/06/all-is-safely-gathered-in-by-irvine.html 

 

The Truth and Honor of Preparedness

 Preparedness is about honor!

http://www.preparednesspro.com/blog/the-truth-and-honor-of-preparedness/

 

From "The Off the Grid":

Have you considered what NOT having control of your food supply is costing you? In Germany right now, that loss of control has contributed to the deaths of thirty-nine people. The sad thing is that Europe can't figure out what the problem is. First it was cucumbers, tomatoes, then lettuce, then sprouts, then it wasn't sprouts, and today it is sprouts again.

 

The lack of ability to track down this source showcases the problem of allowing your food supply to become such a vast outward-spreading organism in which you have no control. Years ago, southern writers would encourage people to buy food from local sources because you had, not just knowledge of where your food originated from, but you had a relationship with the person that provided it. Local farmers were in an intimate relationship with each member of the community they served.

 

When you take away that personal, one-on-one accountability, you lose much more than the ability to hold the grower responsible for the food you consume. You automatically require government intervention in the food growing process and as we have seen, government intervention is seldom logical, quite easily corrupted, and an albatross around the neck of average citizens.

 

Think about what you will grow in your garden!!!!!!

 

 

Another article I found interesting from Off The Grid News :

 

Are you ready for a crisis?

Studies show that in a crisis, eight out of ten people will remain passive, relying on someone else to take charge. One out of ten will panic and endanger others in the process.

And only one out of the ten will take swift, decisive action to improve their situation. (When they do, they immediately increase their chances of survival.)

Are you that one in ten?

Are you ready for anything?
If questioned, most people will tell you that they're prepared for an emergency. They have a case of bottled water, a flashlight, and a dozen cans of soup in the pantry. If they also happen to have a battery powered radio and a few extra batteries in the drawer, they think they're living high.

 

They're kidding themselves. 

 

As a survival expert, if there's one thing I've learned over the years, it's this: the people who take decisive action during a crisis are not reacting, they're responding. Their response is governed by the security of knowing they are well prepared and ready to do whatever needs to be done. They can respond successfully because they have done their homework. Thanks to careful preparations, they have exactly what they need, when they need it.

 

It might be a "go-bag" for every family member in case evacuation is called for. It might be supplies to purify drinking water after a major storm has knocked out the water treatment plant. It might be systems to light and heat their homes even if ice storms knock out the power for days or weeks ... or a year's worth of food in case of hyperinflationary food prices or food shortages.

 

You have only to read the headlines for the past couple of months to realize that every normal, uneventful day is a gift. Bad things can - and do - happen anytime, anywhere ... and all too often.

 

We're only halfway through the year, and so far, it's been a doozy. 2011 started out with flooding in Australia (whole towns were under water, and 38 regions were declared disaster zones). An earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand left much of the city uninhabitable. Egypt and Tunisia were awash in civil unrest as hungry people took to the streets demanding food, and foreigners scrambled to get on the last planes out of the country. A major earthquake shook Japan, tilted the earth's axis, washed a tsunami over miles of shoreline, and knocked the lid off nuclear reactors. Last month, killer tornados pounded the Midwest. Massive flooding followed not long after, washing away thousands of acres of once-rich farmland. And then there are the wildfires which have swept through Arizona and New Mexico in the past week or so, decimating over half a million acres.

 

Are you cringing right about now, wondering where and when the hammer will fall next? More fires in drought-stricken parts of the country? A bad hurricane season? A solar flare, a flu epidemic, or massive crop failure?

 

... Would you be ready?

It might not be a natural disaster. It could be manmade. It could be a dirty bomb in our nation's capital ... another 9/11 style attack on a large U.S. city (after all, the 10th anniversary is coming up in a few months) ... or an EMP weapon detonated over a major population center.

 

... Would you be ready?

It might not be a hostile act. It could be economic. You could lose your job, or your home could be foreclosed upon. Hyperinflation could hit, wiping out your savings overnight. The dollar could deflate or even collapse, and oil could hit $150 or even $200 a barrel.

 

... Would you be ready?