Victory Favors The Prepared

                      Water Resilience is critical. Of course, we all need water everyday to survive. Immense infrastructures have been built throughout history just to supply water to quench thirst, basic sanitation, and irrigation.   Where is no water there is no life. In most situations the systems that are currently in place meet our daily needs for water, but what are our options if there is a systemic or localized failure?   Storage             The most simple and direct solution to a temporary or localized disruption to the water supply system is to simple store up water in quality containers. A quality container would be best described as opaque, composed of food grade plastic, and equipped with a valve to extract water. I prefer to use 5-gallon carboy style containers for personal consumption stores. It is best to store approximately one gallon p...

    5 Steps to Food Security   In times of uncertainty hunger only makes matters worse. Hunger deprives us of our strength and energy. This can cause us to fall into even worse situations due to lack of ability. There is no question that hunger is something that we should strive to remove from our risk matrix by placing it high on our priority list. Let us look at some steps that we can take to improve our Food Resilience and mitigate hunger as a risk for ourselves and our families .      Step 1: Buy Extra of What You Like   The most basic step that any of us can take is to simply purchase a few extra food items over our normal, routine grocery purchases. This can be as simple as picking up an extra can of ready-made pasta, such as Spaghetti- Os . There is no reason to complicate matters in the initial phase of increasing your on-hand food items. It is best to buy the food items that you normally use and that you enjoy. This makes it easy ...

3 STEPS TO IMPROVE YOUR FINANCIAL RESILIENCE            Financial resilience is beneficial to our peace of mind. Even if  we have  only been able to put up a  meager   amount of savings. I am always searching for strategies to improve my financial resilience, because it tends to reduce tension in relationships during difficult economic times, much like today.   So, here are some basic concepts that you can implement starting today to improve your financial resilience.   Step 1  Savings Plan  = Cash  On  Hand        Start a savings plan. I like to say, “Pay Yourself Second.” Now, I know what you are thinking, Hey, isn’t that supposed to be pay yourself first? Well traditionally it is, but as you will learn when we cover the basic concepts of Spiritual  resilience,  we consider Charitable Giving as our First Responsibility . Start small if you must but start right away. We feel th...

Resilience     What is  R esilience?  The dictionary defines Resilience as:    The capacity to recover quickly from  difficulties;  Toughness   The ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; Elasticity   Both  definitions are applicable to the Resilient life. The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties  is the very heart of resilience or anti-fragility. Establishing some general risk management plans goes a long way to helping us bounce back in the face of a challenge . Preparedness  aids in making us Tough in times of uncertain outcomes.  Even when life has us stretched to our  limits  we can have the elasticity not to break under pressure when we develop the core aspects of Resilience.   We believe that resilience has 7  core  aspects:   Spiritual   Financial   Physical   Food   Water   Power   Community       We will d...