I'm reading The Frontiersman (thanks Mark for the steer). And it tells a story about a man who goes to the great frontier in the late 1700s and learns all about the Ohio River, the Kentucky Indian lands, and learns all about dealing with the Shawnee, the Cheyenne, and other Indian tribes.
What I'm seeing so far is that the people that went into the forts and waited for the Indians to come and attack them died horrible deaths.
The people like the frontiersman who went out and were careful and work their way across the land were successful in living and learning and doing well in life.
Amazing? No. Did they get rich? No. But they had adventures that everybody else were was eager to hear and they were able to navigate the world.
So many people are hunkered down and waiting for the virus to come to them. I fear that all the people strapping on protective gear and lathering up every 10 minutes with antibacterial and other corrosive chemical wash is will get to the point where they'll be taken down by any virus that comes along. Immunity is built in small daily battles with every bug that we encounter in our world. Our skins are covered in living things that grow and die and then shed along with the flakes of our skin to become the dust in our house and our cars. The battles that raged inside our bodies between our white blood cells and all the various bacteria and viruses that live inside of us are epic. And yet they happened in the dark and nobody knows. I like to think that the flashes of light that I see when I'm about to fall asleep with my eyes closed that I see if I just keep my eyes closed for 10 minutes or so are lasers passing between the different styles that are fighting, almost like a Star Wars like tie fighter excluding battle going on. Sounds stupid, but it makes me happy.
As Americans we don't put up with being caged and cooped up for very long. Get back to work! Start a business based on the opportunities that are being presented right now.
It's time to live, thrive, and survive. Enjoy!
