Markos is telling us that.
What things might we leave on the road?
It's a pretty extreme request, right?
What shall we give up, to leave everything on the road?
Where do we start?
What do we leave?
How much does it count?
How do we measure?
what do we mean, how does it count? How do we rearrange the verbs and nouns to make sense of this apocalyptic change in how Americans think about money, for instance?
It's like seeing all this stuff raining all over the place, except it's humans raining outside the window, and their umbrellas aren't working. Not like in Mary Poppins.
Not like in the Wizard of Oz, where at least the witch gets a broom.
I look at dKos, I look at my life, I think about how maybe I should plant more vegetables. Seems like a pathetic response to all this, though. Plant more vegetables?
What do I do if my neighbors start demanding my vegetables?
Yeah, lots of us freak about that. I think I'd just give them the vegetables and point out to them that I'm really good at growing vegetables.
We have water, we're close to the Pecos.
I could worry, I could put everything I have into getting back to California. But why bother? Humans are going to be humans everywhere. Here, I am surrounded by these weird people, who don't like people who are very much different than they are, and still, still have all these crunchy little McCain/Palin signs inserted into their front lawns.
It entirely sucks, but why should they get to make me move?
I have a little money comes in from elsewhere. I get along here. But I don't trust these people. They are not my friends.
Meanwhile, I at least try to leave everything on the road. I can grow everything else, one way or the other. It's not easy, and it's not risk-free. Little ever is.
I like to keep stuff moving around, though. Leaving everything on the road is a great way to do it. No energy in stasis.
At the very least, it teaches you where you stand. Once you get a handle on that, where you live doesn't rule you so much. You can keep growing more of your own stuff, learn to do it anywhere.
You can learn to live in Little Texas. The weather is nice here.
But if you choose to do so, I really recommend that you practice first to leave everything on the road. I've done it a lot. Mark your reasons for how you choose your ways to live your life. But if you choose to get into strange territories, do your best to be a good influence - but don't expect too much.
I never worried about what I've left on the road. I have often been happy about directing it to people I cared for.
All things considered, it's much less work and much more energy-efficient (same thing!) to leave a lot on the road.
Planning, however, is everything.
Miep