Are you making a living, or making a "dying"?

You woke up this morning to the sound of your screaming electric alarm clock, or phone alarm and you dragged your rat-race-ravaged body to the bathroom, flipped on the light, stared in the mirror at yourself for a second, and wondered…..how much longer do I have to do this? …..as you made your way through your morning routine and commuted yourself to the job you’ve hated for years, after stopping, of course, to get your $4.00 coffee, which will probably be the only breakfast for which you have time. 8, 10, 12 or 16 hours later you commute yourself home and collapse in your favorite chair. You have survived another day.

Or did you?

Did you make a living? Or did you make a “dying”? Did you live this day to its fullest potential, as though it was the last one you had? Or was it simply a means to transport you one day closer to your death date? Those are tough questions we all face and answer quietly to ourselves.

What if society as we know it today, suddenly was disrupted and ceased to function?….by economic collapse, war, natural disaster or other catastrophic events…..and your daily routine; you know that one you’ve done so long, you can’t remember when you didn’t do it, was ended ?

Now, my friend, you will truly begin “making a living”. How you have trained yourself with survival skills…or not…..may be the difference between the ability to sustain life for you and your family, or it may be your undoing. Do you possess even the simplest of survival skills? Sort of like, “so easy a caveman can do it?” Do you have the skills that even the most primitive humans on the planet possess?

Do you have the skills to provide water for you and your family?

Can you start a fire with no special equipment?

Can you find, kill and prepare food?

We have all, at one time, or another watched the news and seen disaster struck areas. We see people who are struggling for survival who are waiting, waiting, waiting for someone to assist them. Why? They don’t possess the skills to help themselves. Every time I see scenarios like that on the television, I deepen my commitment to myself and my family that I will NEVER be one of the people waiting for help. Never.

Come along with me over the next few weeks and discover your inner caveman or cave woman. I have faith in you, that those primal, survival instincts we all have, are not lost to you; they are merely sleeping and need to be reawakened. Be the one in the disaster situation who IS the help, not the one waiting for help. Lay your head on your pillow knowing every night, that if disaster strikes….you are prepared!