Sometimes it's the little things...

I talked to one of my kid workers the other day and mentioned the "For want of a nail the war was lost" story. She'd never heard of it. It goes something like: "For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost, for want of a horse the rider was lost, for want of a rider the message was lost, for want of a message the battle was lost for want of a win the war was lost, all for the loss of a nail." or somethng like that. Learning to be self-reliant invloves looking for "loose nails."

I look at the world and what it could become...there are the bad things, starvation, disease, civil unrest that would result from a rapid change in available energy and then there's the good things, cooperation and friendships with your neighbors, a slower pace, looking at the big picture for what will endure rather than what is the fastest way to solve a problem set. That will take some time to adapt to culturally- in the long run it will be, I hope, for the better.

My mind is still reeling from the prospect of not having a steady, outside employment-type job.
Thank you for those of you that sent me words of support.

-Jim-