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| Publishing Frequency - Twice monthly, usually around the 1st and the 15th | December 1 , 2010 | Vol.#7 Issue#21 |
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"You're always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past." Richard
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The Power of a Power Outage During our recent Pacific Northwest style blizzard (4" of snow and temperatures in the twenties) I was happily sipping hot tea as I caught up on some of my reading, tucked under my polar fleece blanket and all cozy and warm. In an instant, all my cozy warm feelings disappeared as the wind began to blow hard and the lights in the house began to flicker. Suddenly I was faced with a potential power outage. Now, a power outage can be kinda fun, in a primitive, basic survival kinda way. Think candle light, roaring fire in the fireplace, snuggling together with loved ones (to conserve body heat, of course). However, the reality is that if you aren't prepared with all these ingredients for surviving a power outage, it's anything but fun. In my case I'm missing a major ingredient - an alternative heat source. If the power had gone out, I would have been huddled over a roaring fire of six or seven candles. Luckily for me, the power stayed on and I remained cozy and warm, albeit a bit nervous. This situation got me thinking about a story I heard years ago about a farmhand who was trying to get a job with a local dairy farmer. The only answer he gave to questions put to him by the farmer regarding his ability to work was "I sleep well." It was during the busy haying season and the farmer was shorthanded, so he hired the man despite his strange answer. The new hired man proved to be a hard worker and the farmer was pleased with him, keeping him on after the haying was over. As winter approached, storms began to attack, increasing in number and intensity. During a particularly violent storm, the farmer was awakened in the middle of the night by the roar of the wind. Concerned about his animals, he quickly dressed and ran down to the shack where his hired hand was staying. He beat on the door and yelled, but the man wouldn't answer. Finally, the farmer barged in, ran over to where his hired hand was sleeping soundly. He shook the man and yelled at him, but it seemed nothing could wake him up. Disgusted, he left the man to his sleep and ran into the barn. What he found was surprising - all the animals were quietly chomping on their hay or sleeping. Windows had been boarded up in defense of the storm now raging around him. He looked around and noticed other cares that had been taken to protect his animals and his barn. As the farmer stood in the middle of his barn, looking with wonder at all the careful precautions that had been made, he remembered the hired man's words... "I sleep well". Now he understood. The man slept well because he took care to insure all was protected from harm before he went to bed. When life brings you storms, how well do you sleep? The power of a threatened power outage motivated me to get prepared in case the real thing occurs. Now I sleep better at night when the wind blows hard. Love, ps. Mercury is turning retrograde again on December 10. What might you do to prepare for communication breakdowns so you can sleep more soundly? pps. We're set for a power outage now. We already had a portable generator, so we bought a portable electric heater and now have emergency heat. Whew.
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