[Oberjej]

let me ask you, if you had all the gold in the world would it feed you?

no of course not, you can't eat gold..

but with a handful of seeds you could feed a few people.. if you planted and sew those seeds you could feed millions more.

maybe the solution to the worlds financial problem is that it's in the way. every one is worried about money, how to keep money, how to have money to spend on things instead of figuring out how to have things without it.

when i heard of the supposed financial insecurities coming, i fretted too, i wondered what should i do? i refused to give into fear so i came up with an idea.. instead of trying to horde gold or money, fearing for my lively hood.. i simply gathered information. i gathered information on how to build houses by hand, how to grow crops, agriculture, the whole lot. i did this with the idea that if i needed to start a self sustained community, i would have all the information i needed.


while this may or may not appeal to you, the point is, don't just give up and accept the most dire outcome. if we know things are going to get rough, then take steps that will help you and others. if every one hordes gold and stops planting crops, no one eats any way. look for ways to lower your cost of living, growing your own food, energy alternatives, transportation alternatives. all these things will help you get through any instability that may be coming our way. the thing is, don't give into fear of lacking, but rather realize that even if something appears to fail, such as the economy, there is always something to replace it.. there is always enough. when one door closes, another opens.. its all in how you look at it. is the economy failing us, or are we witnessing the birth of something better?