Opus 2025-111: Cold Logic

My son-in-law comes from Minnesota.  He grew up in cold weather and knows how it works.  He is also of a mechanical, fix anything frame of mind.  So I asked him about how cold it needed to be before you started letting the water drip to keep the pipes from freezing.  His answer?  They never did it.  His reason?  Because when they built their houses and put in their plumbing they did so with an awareness of the potential cold.  They prepared.  They planned ahead.  Because they did that they did not need to constantly monitor the temperature.  I didn’t ask him about heating the engines and batteries of their cars.

This principle can be applied to many areas of our lives.  

Financially you can plan ahead, expecting emergencies and mistakes.  Think of the ease of mind if you kept $500 dollars in your checking account that you did not count for spending.  No more bounced checks and a slush fund for a real emergency.  In my worst days I might not have had that much to keep in reserve but I had enough to make the principle work.

Us gluttons can learn a lesson by never bringing certain foods into the house.  If you ain’t got it then you can’t eat it.

Spiritually we can lay the groundwork of integrity in such a way that what might temp someone else does not even show up on your radar.

Remember that old saying, “This, too, shall pass.”  Remember that it applies to the good times as well as the bad.  Call it planning ahead.  Call it being a prepper.  Call it silly.  Understand that is is really wisdom.

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