WHAT DO YOU DO?

I sat looking at my blog last night, essentially my thoughts surrounded blogs & themes. I wasn’t sure my blog had a central theme, as many appear to. I write of environmental issues, self sufficiency, simplicity, depleting resources, alternative energies, spiritual issues and a host of other things that may enter my head from time to time.

As I read back through old posts I discovered my theme….a love for all things natural, simple, it was simply wrapped in a hundred different colours.

For a few years now we have been enveloped by a world of threats.

Threats of declining top soil and food production, threats of a poisoned environment, overpopulation threats, threats of declining resources, wars, the collapse of the world’s biodiversity, crooked governments and the threats they pose to liberty and justice, one could go on listing for hours. What do all of these threats do for us? How do they make you feel?

For me it is the stark realisation that our world in future years will not be the glorious wonder it could be….at least not in my time, or our children’s. For many, admitting we have some very, VERY large challenges ahead is too much, burying ones head in the sand and denying there must be consequence is easier. For others the middle road is easier, yes, we have problems but they can all be fixed. For still others, the “Doomers” there is no resolution and we will starve, have zombies chasing us and be interned in government work camps.

Not for me to decide where you will end up, let’s face it, the only control we have is over ourselves and how we perceive, how we react, how we prepare. I believe life will get harder, in a myriad of ways, we will do without a huge amount of “comforts” we take for granted right now; however I am choosing to see that as a positive.

Certainly we are going to have to work physically harder than many of us are used to, there will be such drastic changes in every facet of our lives, (just think about anything within 10 feet of you…oil was involved in its production or storage somewhere), however I believe these things will bring a simple honesty to our lives.

I don't believe it will be as dire as some suggest, nor do I believe it will be as simple as others suggest. I do see communities once again becoming REAL communities; where we learn to share more, care more, where villages once again raise children, where what we need wont come from another state or country but from within our local regions.

Having said all that I am not going to pretend it is going to be easy. It’s about how we choose to react. I am choosing to see it as a learning curve. Making do, learning the old ways, some new ways, simplifying. Reality tells me that all this is great for many, reality also tells me it won’t be a great reality for those who die off from starvation, and weather based disasters, resource wars etc etc.

I guess my long winded message is about facing things head on and choosing a positive, no matter how hard it is. It is very easy to get bogged down into the “what are we going to do” thought pattern.

My answer, and this is just my way remember, is to take a worrying post and consider how I would get through it. My answer is, planning, learning new skills, adjusting, and finding the silver lining, no matter how thin it may be. What do you do?

Take care of you and yours:)