I’ve been traveling a lot lately.
When you’re away from home, you dream about returning. At least I do. For many years, leaving meant just that… “leaving”.
You might make it home, you might not. You just played it hard and hoped that the stars all stayed in alignment.
Lately, I’m spending more and more time in the mountains thinking about a place so far back in the woods that the only noise you hear is the creek flowing and the trees rustling as the elk move through them.
You know, one of those places where you sit out on the deck with an old guitar in your lap and a mason jar full of frosty cold adult libations on the table. You know, a “this is MINE” place.
It’s easy to think about settling down and focusing on pretty girls in the yard and growing things…. like kids, crops and cattle.
We’re at a turning point in American History. In my travels, I’m hearing about “America redefined” as others look in and see the rot in the core of the apple getting larger and larger. Friends we relied on for decades are becoming indifferent as policies in administrations turn friends into foes.
We used to live in “the land of the free and the home of the brave”.
Now, we live in the land of legislation that consumes freedoms and liberties with a pen stroke and the Brave stand in lines waiting for medical care at VA Hospitals that care more about paperwork and politics than patients.
So, I’m just going to carve out a place where I can go decompress as the Angus graze and the tomatoes grow tall and strong.
I mean, otherwise… we aren’t gonna have anything to cook in the kitchen.
Have you thought about what you’ll do when push comes to shove?
What do you do when it all starts to unravel?
What will your kids do when they need milk or eggs and have no idea where they really come from?
Can you bake bread? Grow beans? Milk a cow? Build a stone wall? Fix a roof?
Jobs are disappearing as fast as the Rights and Liberties that American Citizens used to hold dear.
The economy is falling faster than Obama’s approval rating.
Something has to give. Something has to break. If you’re not asking questions, it might just be YOU that breaks next.
Here at TBE, we ask that you think beyond your yard, beyond your driveway, beyond your corner stop sign. If you’re not thinking about how you’ll get through hard times, you’re not going to get a chance to figure it out when it starts to fall apart.
Information is the purest form of power.
Please, think about your future. Think about your kid’s future. And stop by from time to time as we share “law and lore” with you.
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