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Survival Sunday: December 10, 2023

Happy weekend, friends!

Survival Sunday is a personal note and a round-up of the week's news
and resources for folks who are interested in being prepared. This
curated collection of information is only available to email and Patreon
subscribers.

Have a great week ahead!

Daisy

A PERSONAL NOTE

 

I was thinking this past week about compassion. It might not solve all
the world's problems, but it would certainly go a long way if more
people had compassion wired into their decision-making process.

The problem is, it's easy for us to dismiss the problems of others.
Sometimes, we quickly decide, with limited information, that the person
deserves the problems because of some misdeed and is therefore unworthy
of our compassion.

But as "aware" people who pay attention to things like the economy, I
think it's really important for us to recognize that many people who are
suffering are often at the mercy of the economy.

If someone is living in a car, there's a story behind it that put them
there. Maybe it's a story of escaping abuse. Maybe it's one unexpected
expense that caused everything to fall apart, and this is the only
shelter they have available. Maybe they got laid off through no fault of
their own because their employer was also suffering from the economy.

And what about that person in line at the grocery store, carefully
watching the tally ring up and then putting a few things back because
they don't have enough money? The one counting out several dollars in
small change to pay their bill? You might be looking at them with
annoyance because they're taking so long. You might think, "Perhaps she
shouldn't get her nails done or get tattoos and then she could afford
food." But again, you don't know the whole story. The tattoos may have
been inked on years ago when things were fine. The nails might be done
with a gift card that someone gave them. That nice car they're getting
into? Perhaps they bought it when times were better and they're
desperately hanging onto it because it's all they've got. Circumstances
change.

When I was on assistance as a young single mother, I was always careful
to dress myself and my children neatly so that people didn't look down
on us. I carefully combed and braided their hair, put them in a clean
outfit, and washed little hands that were perhaps a bit grubby from
playing outdoors.

Of course, some people looked down on us anyway. I could always hear it
when someone sighed because they saw me pull out evidence of receiving
food assistance. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see their
disapproval. I still remember how it felt when my cheeks heated up in
embarrassment to be in that situation. I could feel the bile rising up
in my throat as I choked back my passionate defense of how I got there.
I wanted to scream my story at these doubters and naysayers. I wanted to
tell them that I worked hard, that I was doing everything I could to
provide for my children, and that I had just fallen on difficult times.
But I stayed silent and choked the words down like sour milk because I
knew they'd never listen and that if I was emotional, in their eyes, I'd
be the trashy person that they seemed to think I was.

Being broke is HARD. It's humiliating. Nobody wants to be so poor that
they have to do a running tally in their head at the grocery store to
make sure they don't exceed what they have available to spend. Nobody
wants to get their kids the absolute cheapest options just to keep their
little tummies full. A little bit of compassion is a gift that goes a
long way.

No matter how broke we were, I always made an effort to give. I always
wanted my daughters to know that we have the ability to lift others up,
regardless of our own circumstances. (I wrote more about how we created
a family culture of generosity at the holidays in this article
over on The Frugalite.)
It's so important, especially in this day and age. We will see more and
more people facing these difficulties and acquiring aid of any sort is
getting increasingly more difficult.

Deciding who is "worthy" of compassion is impossible because unless you
spend a long time talking to the person, you'll never know all of the
thousand cuts that took the person to the situation they're in.
Sometimes, it's one major mistake. But we've all made mistakes in our
lives. Some of us were lucky enough not to pay for them with our
financial security. Sometimes, it's a series of unfortunate events.  A
big medical expense. A job loss. A bunch of overdue bills. A chronic
illness. A death in the family.

Because of the futility of deciding who is worthy and who is not, I
recommend an approach of blanket compassion. Err on the side of
kindness. You'll never know how much that means to a person going
through incredibly difficult times when that person has only been met
with uneducated judgment and scorn.

Kindness and compassion cost nothing, but they might be the biggest gift
that someone receives this year. And it's one that we all have within
our power and budgets to give.

Love,
Daisy

 

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WHAT I'M READING, WATCHING, AND LISTENING TO

Here's some content from the previous week that you may find
interesting.

* The West Is Taking Draconian Measures to Silence Free Speech

* COP28: The Globalist Agenda Has Never Been More Obvious

* Kiwi Land Grab: New Zealand's Elite Plot Land Theft Under Climate
Guise!

* Prepper Gifts Under $25 Just in Time for Christmas

* "A Marketplace For Predators": New Mexico Sues Meta, Mark Zuckerberg
Over Child Exploitation Following Investigation

* "Energy Transition" - Reality Versus Rhetoric

* The Most Important Gift You Can Give This Holiday Season

* US Signs New Climate Pact To Shut Down All Coal Plants

* They Are Calling This "Layoff Season"

* How Do We Protect Our Money? Exclusive Interview for OP Readers

* We Are Starting To Find Out What Is Beneath The Thin Veneer Of
Civilization That We Have All Been Taking For Granted

* Labor Market Implodes: Job Openings Crater, Prior Data Revised Sharply
Lower

* The World Is Getting Tired of Ukraine vs. Russia

* "A Constant State Of Sticker Shock" - Here Is Proof That Inflation
In The U.S. Is Wildly Out Of Control

**the typical household in this country "must spend an additional
$11,434 annually" in order to have the same standard of living that it
did when Joe Biden entered the White House...**

* Rogan: Democrats Have "No Cards To Play" For 2024, Except Imprisoning
Trump

* White Lung Syndrome: Another Biological Export from China?

* Children All Over The United States Are Starting To Develop "White
Lung Syndrome"

* How The Obama Admin Enabled The Nonstop Security Leaks Against Trump

* If You Can't Defuse Heated Situations, You Won't Make It.

* Rice Nears 15-Year High As Global Food Crisis 'Much Worse Than
2008'

**Prices are up over 50% since the start of 2022.**

* WATCH: Nancy Pelosi's daughter explains the need for 24/7 media
psyop to push false J6 narrative

**She CLEARLY States There Was "No Insurrection, No Plan, No Guns," They
Then Pushed The Lie.**

* Vanished! House panel chairman says J6 videotapes of witness
interviews missing

* Rothschild Wants Merger Between Corporations, Governments And AI To
"Save Capitalism"

* Our Public Health Agencies are Still up to Their Old Tricks

* It Now Costs 3.4 Million Dollars To Live "The American Dream" And The
Gap Between The Wealthy And The Rest Of Us Is Bigger Than Ever

* The Money Supply Continues its Biggest Collapse Since the Great
Depression

* 'Chilling': Some Smart Toys Can Collect Kids' Iris Scans,
Fingerprints, Vital Signs and More

* Another Round In The "Fed And US Dollar Vs. BRICS Commodities" War
Looms

* Stop Secretly Putting Deadly CV19 mRNA in Everything - Karen
Kingston

**Big Pharma has big plans to put mRNA in everything:  medicine, food,
water.**

* Pearl Harbor Day: Remembering the 'Unbounding Determination' of
the American People

* Powerful weekend storm to bring rain, possible snow to millions in
East

* Democrats Unveil What NRA Calls 'Most Sweeping Gun Prohibition Bill
Of The 21st Century'

* The Hard Evidence Is in: The Covid "Vaccine" Is a Killer

* All Four "Pillars Of Civilization" Are Under Attack By An "Anti-Human
Death-Cult"; Shellenberger, Carlson Unload On Global Elites

* COP28 President: There Is 'No Science' Behind Calls for Fossil
Fuel Phase-Out

**"...unless you want to take the world back into caves."**

* NY Lawmaker Claims "Smoking Gun" In NYC Migrant Voter Fraud Scheme

* Self-Amplifying RNA Shots Are Coming: The Untold Danger

* We Are Witnessing An Avalanche Of Branch Closings As U.S. Banks
Desperately Try To Stay Alive

* "The Responsibility To Not Report": Irish Journalist Defends
Suppressing Stories For The Public Good

* Federal Judge Orders FBI To Finally Release Seth Rich's Laptop (The
FBI has spent the last 6 years trying to suppress this...)

* My Frugal Christmas on a Budget

* Prepping on a Budget (with Little to No Money)

* Food Preservation: Fermentation

* A Economic Indicator For A Average Person.

* 17 Things You Can Scavenge From Cars After The SHTF

* Never Feed THIS to Your Chickens

* How Christmas Giving Can Create Generous Children

* Survival Fitness & Preparedness w/ Chris Viggiano

* 12 Reasons Why You Should Be Thrift Shopping!

* Failing Power Grids, Water Shortages and a Billionaire Utopia?

* Crock Pot Soap - An Easy Recipe For Beginners

* Fermenting vs Pickling

* 5 Fantastic Homemade Gifts for Frugal Holiday Giving

* My Husband Sends Another Warning...

* How To Winterize Your Bug-Out Vehicle

* VR To The @dirty-civilian Channel. Warming Kit.

* How to Make GORP - My Favorite Survival Food

* Surviving Winter Without Power & Great Depression Christmas Traditions

* Prepper Holiday Gifts That Won't Break The Bank

* How to Raise Chickens for Food After the Collapse

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