That means intellectually prepared as well — upgraded skill sets, knowledge of your 401k, etc. etc.
The odds are, you’ll use an upgraded skill set before you fire off the ammo.
Odds. It’s coming down to odds.
You go to work. The men often seen stragely submissive, even feminized. No one wants to offend those around or above them. Odds on play says to laugh easily and smile a lot. Bob your head like one of those dolls in the rear windows of an old car. Odds are you’ll get by.
But it is coming down to odds, isn’t it. You take classes. You read things. You start angling to whittle down debt and discretionary expenses until you are Lean 6 personified.
Then there’s the kid in the checkout who just plain makes you wonder if he could be trusted at your side. Ever. Or the woman at the service desk who just can’t be bothered with you, even though you’re a paying customer. Women can often be de-feminized now, as though they wear pants in all parts of their lives.
Metaphorically and in reality, it’s coming down to the drop zone pretty soon. Isn’t it. All that preparation. Making certain you trained yourself up well enough and have the right gear.
Not too long from now, we’re all gonna have to man up, each and every one of us. Hitting the target is not a guessing game, nor is it for the pampered who have gamed their way to the head of the class.
Yes, we’ll spend more time using skills in the business theater than the military one, but thinking we can lose sight of actual, physical confrontation, or put it out of our peripheral vision, won’t work. It’s Biblical, yes. That makes the choices made now all the more compelling.