Aesop's "The Grasshopper and the Ants"

The other night my wife asked me, "Why do we live our lives worrying about all these "what if's? What if there's a flood, earthquake, government coup? That's no way to live!" My answer was, "If we prepare, we shall not fear."

I believe that in my lifetime, I will experience the end of the fiat financial system and the end of our current government in the United States. Societies have life cycles just like businesses. All the great societies have gone through the same stages, and the United States has entered it's decline. Is it physically possible to break this cycle? Yes, but it is against human nature to do so.

My point is that my life brings many uncertainties, and life is to precious to worry about all the unknowns. That means you can ignore them, or prepare. I choose to prepare. Instead of spending money on jewelry, cars and nice clothes, I spend it on preps and investments. The following is a short, but to the point story about why "it is not what you spend, but what you save that matters."

Be Smart and Thrive

The Grasshopper and the Ants In a field one summer's day a grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content.  A group of ants walked by, grunting as they struggled to carry plump kernels of corn. "Where are you going with those heavy things?" asked the grasshopper. Without stopping, the first ant replied, "To our ant hill.  This is the third kernel I've delivered today." "Why not come and sing with me," teased the grasshopper, "instead of working so hard?"

"We are helping to store food for the winter," said the ant, "and think you should do the same."  "Winter is far away and it is a glorious day to play," sang the grasshopper. But the ants went on their way and continued their hard work. The weather soon turned cold.  All the food lying in the field was covered with a thick white blanket of snow that even the grasshopper could not dig through.  Soon the grasshopper found itself dying of hunger. He staggered to the ants' hill and saw them handing out corn from the stores they had collected in the summer.  He begged them for something to eat. "What!" cried the ants in surprise, "haven't you stored anything away for the winter?  What in the world were you doing all last summer?" "I didn't have time to store any food," complained the grasshopper; "I was so busy playing music that before I knew it the summer was gone." The ants shook their heads in disgust, turned their backs on the grasshopper and went on with their work.

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