Sylvia
Jedi
In my little corner of Quebec (Canada), the price of regular gasoline this week averaged around $1.80 per liter. This is quite absurd considering that our gasoline comes from Western Canada (Alberta) in a proportion of 50 to 70%, and from the United States at around 20 to 40%. Unfortunately, we are under the influence of the global market.
On my side as well, we have made fuel reserves, and we are very happy that since last summer, my partner has retired, which came at just the right time, since he used to drive nearly 3,000 km per month to go to work.
For the past five years, we have been preparing for what we are experiencing now with the conflict in Iran, by installing a wood stove to heat the house as well as a wood cookstove to allow us to prepare our meals. Within a month, we will finish installing our solar panels to help us reduce electricity costs. Having a very large multi-generational house (we live with our son who has his apartment attached to the house), our electricity costs are close to $6,000 per year. Our provider is Hydro-Québec, which generates hydroelectric power using dams.
We also store a lot of food, and for the past five years I have been growing a large garden to become as self-sufficient as possible in vegetables. I do not raise animals, not having enough time to manage it, but living in the countryside we have access to several small farmers who sell good meat and organic eggs.
Of course, I tell myself that nothing is certain for the future and that we could lose everything, but I do not want to let these thoughts overwhelm me. I always tell myself “one day at a time,” and that we do the best we can and will adapt if needed. However, I am very saddened by what people are going through under the bombs, whose lives are hanging by a thread and who do not have access to the security and abundance we have. But what can I do, other than observe, analyze, and try to understand the lessons. And I also do not want to fall into the mindset of comparing myself—whether I am worse or better off than others, or that I do not deserve the chance to live in a peaceful country. I try to maintain a neutral attitude and tell myself that what I am experiencing and where I live is part of the choices my soul likely made before incarnating. And that there are lessons or experiences I came here to learn, not related to “having,” but rather to my “being,” in how I must act in my relationships with others and develop my self-work and inner growth. As described by @iamthatis.
On my side as well, we have made fuel reserves, and we are very happy that since last summer, my partner has retired, which came at just the right time, since he used to drive nearly 3,000 km per month to go to work.
For the past five years, we have been preparing for what we are experiencing now with the conflict in Iran, by installing a wood stove to heat the house as well as a wood cookstove to allow us to prepare our meals. Within a month, we will finish installing our solar panels to help us reduce electricity costs. Having a very large multi-generational house (we live with our son who has his apartment attached to the house), our electricity costs are close to $6,000 per year. Our provider is Hydro-Québec, which generates hydroelectric power using dams.
We also store a lot of food, and for the past five years I have been growing a large garden to become as self-sufficient as possible in vegetables. I do not raise animals, not having enough time to manage it, but living in the countryside we have access to several small farmers who sell good meat and organic eggs.
Of course, I tell myself that nothing is certain for the future and that we could lose everything, but I do not want to let these thoughts overwhelm me. I always tell myself “one day at a time,” and that we do the best we can and will adapt if needed. However, I am very saddened by what people are going through under the bombs, whose lives are hanging by a thread and who do not have access to the security and abundance we have. But what can I do, other than observe, analyze, and try to understand the lessons. And I also do not want to fall into the mindset of comparing myself—whether I am worse or better off than others, or that I do not deserve the chance to live in a peaceful country. I try to maintain a neutral attitude and tell myself that what I am experiencing and where I live is part of the choices my soul likely made before incarnating. And that there are lessons or experiences I came here to learn, not related to “having,” but rather to my “being,” in how I must act in my relationships with others and develop my self-work and inner growth. As described by @iamthatis.
