A “mouse” was put at the top of a jar filled with grains. He was so happy to find so much food around him that no longer he felt the need to run around searching for food and now he could happily live his life. After a few days of enjoying the grains, he reached the bottom of the jar. Now he was trapped and he couldn't get out of it. He now has to solely depend upon someone to put grains in the same jar for him to survive. He also may not get the grain of his choice and he cannot choose either. Here are a few lessons to learn from this:
- Short term pleasures can lead to long-term traps (living on benefits/furlough/spoilt by parents perhaps?).
- If things are coming easy and you are getting comfortable, you are getting trapped into dependency.
- When you are not using your skills, you will lose more than your skills. You lose your CHOICES and FREEDOM.
- Freedom does not come easy but can be lost very quickly. NOTHING comes easily in life and if it comes easily, maybe it is not worth it.
This is precisely why my husband and I have decided to start working towards homesteading. We aren't in a position to move right now, but I plan to start learning how to garden, can, etc. in our current house so that by the time we do move I'll at least know how to grow our own food.
I'm a Texan, and seeing how quickly things went to crap by just cutting our power off intermittently was a real eye opener. My husband and I were the most prepared out of anyone. (Tons of bottled water and filter straws, food, a small generator, lots of propane, candles/flashlights, tons of batteries, and other survival supplies, etc.) And even with that level of preparedness, we still felt like we could have been better prepared.
Haha I'm also in DFW, so we are practically neighbors :)
Good point about Noah being the first conspiracy theorist! So true. I always remember that he was preparing for rain in a world where rain didn't exist. It had NEVER rained before. No wonder people thought he was nuts lol
I feel very much like Noah right now. But that's okay. Noah had the last laugh, and so will we!
Was just saying this exact thing to my husband and hoping that even though we don’t know when or what that we will be prepared in time
I really like this one! Thanks! Make it pretty clear where we are going....===>>>>
I love this. Great reminder thanks. I think I will remember it too!
AMEN!
Not to mention that when the jar is empty the mouse is knee deep in his own crap. Another analogy to weave in perhaps?
Analogies can be powerful tools. This is a good example.
People need reliable income streams to prosper, not lump sums.