All tagged Personal Responsibility

Are You Really Ready For a Crisis?

I spend much of my time thinking about what is happening around me, a bad habit from my time in the U.S. Army as a Combat Medic. I remember, in planning for any operation, there were times when we would ensure that we could account for a volume of possible incidents. For the vast majority of these things, we fell back onto what were called ‘Battle Drills.’ For some things, however, we would have to decide…

What Does Homesteading Say About You?

When I was growing up, my Father used to tell my brothers and I the decisions we make say more about us than the words we say. I remember hearing him say, “stealing makes you a thief and lying makes you liar.” Life, as we all learn, is very rarely black and white. It is varying shades of grey. As I got older, I remember him telling us that we…