Snow Cave Survival
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When my wife was growing up she needed to learn how to build a snow cave. (She grew up in Minnesota.) The kids in her grade school class were each given a can, a candle, a candy bar and matches. Of course, the can was for digging, the candle was for light and warmth, the candy bar was for food and the matches (well). Beyond that, you could use the can for holding snow and the candle for melting snow. You would then have water to drink. It's amazing what you can do with the simplest things in order to survive.
And I wonder if we haven't become too complicated. I mean, we need a Blackberry and an iPad and a Facebook page and a QR code reader, etc. Let me just cut to the chase. Do we? Do we really need so many things to function? This short post isn't meant to be a poo poo against the use of technology. Instead, it's a call to reflection especially for those of us who are struggling economically. You really can do a lot with a can, a candle, a candy bar and matches. (I'm speaking metaphorically.) What do you already have as resources? Maximize.
And I wonder if we haven't become too complicated. I mean, we need a Blackberry and an iPad and a Facebook page and a QR code reader, etc. Let me just cut to the chase. Do we? Do we really need so many things to function? This short post isn't meant to be a poo poo against the use of technology. Instead, it's a call to reflection especially for those of us who are struggling economically. You really can do a lot with a can, a candle, a candy bar and matches. (I'm speaking metaphorically.) What do you already have as resources? Maximize.
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2 Comments:
You're right. Social networking is redundant in ways. I just spent 2 days trying to delete old posts, etc. on Facebook, wasting precious time, wondering should I just close it out. I've only been on it several months.
We do need to remember how to live with less, because I have a feeling that's where we are headed anyway.
It doesn't make us any less of a person, however. Let us remember not to define ourselves by what we have, but by who we are.
p.s.
Speaking of simple living, the other day I tried to turn on my sewing machine with one of my 4 remote controls.
Speaks volumes of our society!
I just shook my head, "nuts,nuts,nuts...."
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