Expect the Unexpected..

Jace

Jace

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What might that be for you? 🤔


Haven't quite "figured" mine out yet....but you may have!
 

Deepak Chopra. the Indian-American philosopher, said gracefully accepting the uncertainty in life contributes to happiness because so much of life is uncertain. This is similar to saying expect the unexpected, and my favorite - "Life is what happens when you had something else planned". I suppose for me the unexpected would be to be restored to the health and vitality of at least my forties.
 
Don M. said:
I learned a long time ago that "if something can go wrong, it probably will". As such, I try to be prepared for the worst, and am grateful if it doesn't happen., That's probably why I have so many "spare parts" in my garage and workshop.
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I think that is a good practical approach to mechanical problems. What I find myself totally unprepared for are the physical problems of an elderly body and the sad state of the medical profession today. Large corporations control most hospitals and doctors and the pharmaceutical industry dictates the treatment for most ailments. This results in a lack of cures for ailments and full occupancy in hospitals.
 
Don M. said:
I learned a long time ago that "if something can go wrong, it probably will". As such, I try to be prepared for the worst, and am grateful if it doesn't happen., That's probably why I have so many "spare parts" in my garage and workshop.
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That's similar to what our Dad taught us. He said better to be prepared for worst and not need the preparations, than to need them and not have them. Also that if you've thought about worst case scenario and anything less than that happens, it is a relief and you're probably prepared emotionally as well as practically for anything less drastic that happens.
 
When I think of the people, whom I cherish, or have had an effect on my life; it was just happenstance that I met most of them. It's that Japanese butterfly thing. Ya know, if a butterfly in Japan flaps his wings, that will cause air to move, that will cause... etc,. etc, until there's a huge storm off Greenland. You have no idea what will set off events. Like you were really concerned about Covid in 2016. You gotta take it like it comes.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
When I think of the people, whom I cherish, or have had an effect on my life; it was just happenstance that I met most of them. It's that Japanese butterfly thing. Ya know, if a butterfly in Japan flaps his wings, that will cause air to move, that will cause... etc,. etc, until there's a huge storm off Greenland. You have no idea what will set off events. Like you were really concerned about Covid in 2016. You gotta take it like it comes.
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Have to laugh because while i didn't know what it would be called, i've known for decades another pandemic was coming. As long as i've been online, when it was relevant to a discussion (overpopulation, future of modern societies, etc) i've usually mentioned we were OVERDUE for a pandemic!

The rest of your post i'm on board with--we can never know for sure what the next minute, much less coming years will bring--especially not exactly when and how events will occur and play out. Not for our individual personal lives or the world. Anyone who has gotten the unexpected news of a loved ones death knows that. We do have to be flexible able to adjust to things--but some possibilities are--for the observant more predictable and like Don M. i'll still keep saving useable parts from things and i keep a small bit of extra household items and longer life food.

That habit made the pandemic easier because i've long bought TP and other necessary items before i'm even close to 'running out'. So it was no sweat the short period our shelves were pretty bare in our small town, which often got short changed on shipments in favor of the big city chain stores. backfire on those suppliers--made local grocery explore other sources.
 
Expect the Unexpected …. Having raised six kids and now an RN for 15 years That’s pretty much how it is day in and day out.

Good thing I don’t mind the spontaneous 😆

Sometimes it’s not so fun, like the time my then-husband and I had to cut a long weekend in Savannah short b/c the babysitter called to say middle son (4-5 yo at the time) was in the ER…. Turned out to be some self-limiting auto immune thing but and he was fine after a few days , but none-the-less, not the type of phone call you like to get

then there’s the pleasant kind, like when my long-time friend Linda invited me out of the blue to join her family on a trip to southern England. Beautiful trip and lovely memories.
 

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