Bill’s Commentary:

“Grizzly checks in with words of wisdom!”

Why be self reliant?

It’s been a bit – my apologies. Springs are pretty slammed.

I was listening to Tucker Carlson interview Thomas Massie of KY the other day. Something caught my attention that led me to write this.

He mentioned in so many words that since he lives such a high level, self reliant existence, he’s not afraid of what the powers that be in the swamp can do to him.

Voilà- that’s it in a nutshell.

We live in good places or strive to; we have good water supply; we have sustainable fuel sources; we have long term food storage; we have sustainable fresh food supplies from gardens, orchards, bramble patches and livestock; we have tools that work all the time; we have sustainable power and are capable of doing fine without power; we have defendable homesteads and means to defend it; we have medicine, first aid skills and supplies, we can take care of ourselves.

So – what’s the ah-hah moment here?

When we live our lives like this, in the bosom of God’s bounty, we are impervious to bureaucrats and their ilk. What can anyone do to us? No matter if the power goes out, the stock “not a market” crashes, banks fail, China invades Taiwan, etc etc. our way of life barely feels a ripple.

To me that is the goal. None of us are probably there yet but what a magnificent goal to strive for. God has given us what we need. We only need to cultivate it and set priorities.

Keep up the good work. Yes, the eye on the prize is a life in union with God and we can live that life in a self-reliant way, one step at a time. Then we can share our knowledge and blessings with the ones we choose and filter out the garbage in our lives that is not productive or positive.

God bless. Keep making positive steps forward in areas of need.