Hi All,
Just a quick post to wish you a very Merry Christmas, and thank you all for reading our articles in this our first year!
It’s been a sporadic process in getting Self Sufficiency World up and running, and then beginning to create useful content, but I can promise that 2011 will bring a wealth of both informative and entertaining articles, and we have plans to publish in other media to make it easier to consume.
Food for thought:
In the UK over the last couple of weeks we’ve experienced Snow and Ice the likes of which I’ve not seen before in my lifetime, although I appreciate many of our older readers may well have. I’m also sure our readers in other countries (we have quite a few now) , are somewhat bemused at the impact this much snow and ice has on our country. As I wrote this, I heard on the radio that the number of cases of Flu is significantly higher than even last year with Swine Flu being most prevalent. Over 400 people are currently in the Intensive Care wards of our hospitals, hopefully on their way back to full health. Our economy is far from out of the woods, and I strongly suspect we have more roller coaster rides in that area in our collective futures.
That all seems a bit dire, but I write this not to scare, but to illustrate the sheer number of challenges facing us, and to demonstrate how we all need to be a little bit more Self Sufficient and self reliant, and to also show how we need to look out for one another in times of need. At this time of year, we have much to be thankful for. There are many not as well off, and there are many facing Christmas without loved ones they have lost this year, for whatever reason, so lets be thankful for what we have, and for the people around us. I’m encouraged and optimistic about the people around me when I hear how they have helped someone out, or looked in on those who are more vulnerable during the recent weather challenges. To those people, you set a fine example for the rest of us.
We’ll be back in the new year, and in the meantime, as I said, we have much to be thankful and optimistic about. We wish you the very best of Christmases, and a safe and Happy New Year!
Best wishes
