Not just that, but it did it cross their minds that before the world ends some people haven't experienced things they for example have?
It's isn't all that funny. To me, at least.
And yeah, ''simple life'' (mind the quotations!) But when SHTF and people will look back. I think it will be obvious what I meant with ''simple life.'' I tried to talk about it but to no avail. I'm prepared to some degree. I hope others are too.
I'm going to put my time into SOTT instead of the forum. Not sure what’s the point of sharing the state of the world here. Or how I feel about it. If I want to make a positive contribution I can better spend differently and more productively. OSIT.
In the meantime. Life ain't over yet.
Best of luck to everyone.
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@bjorn. I've been reading the back and forth between you and others.
As for the idea of a "simple life," I've been thinking something similar. I mean, a part of me says: why can't we all be allowed to simply enjoy the beauty of the earth, have a family if desire and circumstances permit it, and have real community? Why are we instead being met with such devastating hardship?
I think that's what had me thinking about starting a garden -- a food forest, as I mentioned earlier -- while my husband and I finish up our "fixer upper," and look to making our property a nice place hide out in. I guess that's all we can do: live in two worlds. Continue with our plans for a simple life, while looking to what we need to do to prepare for the worst, which in some ways intersect.
Speaking of the worst, I had the worst day yesterday. I have to be careful whenever I try something new for my health since my body doesn't handle toxins very well, so if I have a detox reaction I feel pretty miserable, which has me feeling very down and unbalanced. Add to that all the research I do in an attempt to keep up with what's going on, and I was feeling rather emotionally fragile and over-burdened. I was feeling I didn't have the "centeredness" to handle the dark at the end of the tunnel that we're all presently facing.
Of course, I told myself this detox reaction would pass, and I did do things to aid in that. Still, when you're going through it, you're going through it. It doesn't help thinking that tomorrow might bring a better outlook.
Thankfully, today I do feel much better. It's funny how all the same problems still exist, and yet on those "lighter" days, things seem so different, so opened up, and so possible. Suddenly, I feel able to tackle the difficult things, which can be so dreadful to contemplate on the days that I'm feeling unwell, and down.
No, it's not the same thing as your feeling the opportunity to start a family and have that sort of simple life has been stolen from you. Although, do you know for certain that you couldn't look to create that life? It may not look exactly as you would have thought. But do you have to close the door entirely on the idea? Life, in a larger sense, still has some mystery to it, doesn't it? Things have a way of opening up when we least expect them to.
