I man I know walked into my office for a conversation. While he was there, he noticed a framed print I had on my wall and was captivated by it.
Him, looking at a picture: “Wow, that’s really cool, what is that?”
Me: “It’s a picture of the far side of the moon, the side that faces away from us that we can’t see from Earth”
Him: “It’s REALLY good. Did you take that through your telescope?”
Me: Blink. Blink. Blink.
Funny story, right? But what on earth does this have to do with prepping? On the surface, nothing… but in reality, it illustrates a vitally important prepping concept. When the moon is full, we think we see it… when in fact, we never see half of what’s on the surface, let alone anything that’s underground. We can’t see the far side of the moon, so we make assumptions about it, things like “well, it looks just like the side we can see”.
There’s a lesson to be learned here. As preppers, we need to look past our thoughtless preconceptions and instead see what’s really there, not just make assumptions without really thinking about it.
The moon does not rotate (it does wobble just a little but it does not spin like we do) so we can only see the side that faces us, and then only when the sun is shining on it.
To further illustrate the point, the moon (to us) looks like this (a photo I took) when 3/4ish full:
Here’s a picture of the far side of the moon from NASA:
They don’t even look like the same planet, do they?
No, they look totally different.
When that NASA picture was taken, do you know what we would have been seeing from earth? Absolutely nothing. It would have been completely dark, we would be viewing the “Dark Side Of The Moon”.
We hear that phrase a lot, the “Dark Side Of The Moon”, used interchangeably with the “Far Side Of The Moon” but if you think about it for a second, you will realize that they are two entirely different things. They only APPEAR to be synonymous to somebody who doesn’t stop and think for a minute.
The number one prepper skill is thinking. Period. You must be able to think and analyze to thrive in a survival situation. Assumptions will get you into a whole lot of trouble when there is no margin for error. They will get you and your loved ones killed.
There is such a thing as a dumb question, the question never asked.
Question EVERYTHING you see around you.
Why is this here? Do I need it? What will I do if it stops working? What does it do? How does it work? The more you question, the more you will learn, and that information may someday save your life and the life of your loved ones.
Excellent! thanks
The best answer I have to prepping; I don’t know when, why, where, how much, how long, if ever, but, if that time comes, I probably can’t get what I need. That covers just about any contingency. My wife hates that answer.