In this two-part essay, I will relate some Profoundly Productive Proper Preparedness Principles: “Protection From Failure.“ Part 1 is general, while Part 2 is quite specific and has lots of links.
Disclaimer: The contents of this article are offered only as educational information freely available to the general public. There is no intent to promote or enable any type of illegal, immoral, insurgent, destructive, dangerous activities, communications, or conduct. I find it distasteful that living in these times that I feel obliged to post such a disclaimer.
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Introduction
“Principles.” It’s not just another dull word. No, it is an important word.
Let’s begin with the known historical aspects concerning principles. First, the very concept that you and I should be prepared for difficulty and emergency is a long-proven principle. Secondly, preparedness itself is a principled activity. Thirdly, A prepper is necessarily a principled person. And as a contrary point, hoarding has nothing to do with preparedness and violates many principles. And that ends the theoretical lessons for today.
As young people, we were usually taught that we needed sound principles by some older person who then smiled and offered an edible treat. It was usually a caring person who wanted to help us to mature into a very perfect loving caring brilliant duplication of one of our grandparents.
It may have been a parent, a teacher, or a pastor who usually had no idea that we did not then know what the word meant – or when it might be important – or when we might need a principle – or why we might need to have one – or who could we get one from. None of these questions were ever truly explained – or demonstrated – or made available to us in advance of an event or decision point in our futures.
Q: So how do I know about what did not happen in most of our lives so many years ( experiences ) ago?
A: I am simply saying to you that this is my story about me.
Q: So why am I offering this information to you at this time? A time when you might feel that it’s too late to learn new rules – new concepts – new ways of governing – a new way to move on with our lives in a totally new world of surviving a collapse of the financial system(s). An ugly new world of the absence of easy transfer of goods and information, of the deadly silence of the sudden loss of the universal ease of communications, and especially the cold absence of civility and generosity to others. We are moving into a new world, a new life, a new experience. It will be a cruel new world where we will need proven principles to enable us to overcome the evils that will surround us and the unprincipled people who will not value us as being worthy of our very lives.
A: That is a long question with a short answer. The answer is very simple and proven by both history and our everyday experiences. Preppers need to know, believe, practice, and promote the following “Prime Rule of Survival” – It is my foremost principle on which I pattern my life:
“If we do not take care of each other, then no one will be taken care of.”
We have started to cover the why of my efforts help others, Now we can move on to the meat of this essay. Can you tell that I love words? And use words? And teach words? I have learned that words, when carefully selected and then transmitted in a useable manner, can often enable others to be empowered to improve the lives of family, friends, and strangers. Words can occasionally convert an enemy into an ally. Possibly even a new and trustworthy friend. Now is the time to address the vital aspects of the basic concept of “Principles”. We will look at these particulars in a simplistic form:Continue reading“Preparedness Principles – Part 1, by Old Bobbert”
