I’ve been talking to one of my super fun friends today (Kerry), and we’re discussing The Rapture (her term) and the Zombie Apocalypse (mine), leading up to The End of the World as We Know It (TEOTWAWKI).
See, neither of us believe we’re going to see some crazy, obvious-in-minutes sort of change. Life on this planet changes slowly for the most part, and then there are occasional, more drastic changes. But the human race hasn’t been obliterated yet, and I really don’t think I’ll see that in my lifetime. I also don’t believe my great-grandchildren will see it in theirs.
Does that mean I don’t want to gather all the skills I can while I’m here and pass them on to my kids/grandkids? Heck no. I love to know new things. I love to make things with my own two hands. And really, I love feeling like in many ways, doing things for myself means I’m sticking it to tha man. I don’t have to rely on what big corporations put on the market for many of the things I want or need. I don’t have to say, "Well, it’s only a few chemicals in that can of soup, and since I don’t know how to cook, I’ll just reheat it and eat whatever THEY tell me is ‘safe’ to eat."
Teaching ourselves skills isn’t about being the fittest to survive "when the world ends." If the world ends, you probably aren’t going to need all those skills anyway. No, knowing how to do things for yourself benefits you NOW.
What do YOU think?