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December 2008 
How do you prepare for the unknown?
Posted on Sep 28th, 2008
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yodacallmesome
yodacallmesome
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for September 27, 2008:
How to prepare for the unknown? (I assume you mean something which is known, but the effects of which are not.)
First I try prayer, and in meditation I try to recall some similar event in history. Second I consider the similarities and differences to my current situation, and try to come up with a few senarios which may occur. These two exersizes often provide me with some insight/preparation for a sequence of events.
Of course it doesn't always work. Sometimes life just hands you your head on a platter. For those times, (which are more reaction than preparation) I just try to remember that there are probably thousands of people who have it a lot worse. (Half of the world's population survives on only a few dollars a day.)
(Music is also helpful: Phil Collins Another Day in Paradise is a good example.)
First I try prayer, and in meditation I try to recall some similar event in history. Second I consider the similarities and differences to my current situation, and try to come up with a few senarios which may occur. These two exersizes often provide me with some insight/preparation for a sequence of events.
Of course it doesn't always work. Sometimes life just hands you your head on a platter. For those times, (which are more reaction than preparation) I just try to remember that there are probably thousands of people who have it a lot worse. (Half of the world's population survives on only a few dollars a day.)
(Music is also helpful: Phil Collins Another Day in Paradise is a good example.)
Phil Collins - Another day in paradise
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