Mission: Get to a place that may possibly let us BOTH stay.
Problem: An ocean and a sea need to be traversed, non-stop with a compromised vessel.
Solution: Max-out the debt and credit cards to make as many repairs as possible within the allowable time on land, and the available credit.
Procedure: TRIAGE
Illustration: What would you prefer on an ocean crossing? A) A sound vessel WITHOUT a life raft … or B) An unsafe vessel WITH a life raft.
No, you can’t have both! That is the nature of triage. You have only the resources (credit limit) for A or B. Which will it be? Does one put all they’ve got into fixing the boat to keep it afloat, or does one buy a life raft to bob about in, mid-ocean, when the boat sinks?
Whaddal it be, mate? A boat that might get you home, or a life raft in mid-ocean. Put another way: Do you wanna maybe get home? Or, do you wanna certainly end up in a life raft?
That choice: that’s triage. Do you ken?
Our choice is, A) Everything we’ve got into the boat. If it doesn’t directly keep the ocean out, and the boat moving, we don’t need it. We can’t afford it! Triage is brutal, but it is also beautifully simple. And do you wannae know something else? Ok, I’ll tell you: triage is survival. It’s the difference between a-snowball’s-chance-in-hell and certain failure. It’s also what all of us 99-percenters must do, every heartbeat of every day. Do it right, and you might live to see another sunrise. Get it wrong, and… well, at least you’ll have a life raft!
Here’s what we are crossing the ocean without:
- Liferaft
- Lifejackets
- Signal flares
- Fire extinguishers
- Radio transceiver
- Onboard sensors (depth, wind direction, water speed, radar, and navigation)
- Autopilot
- Spare parts
- First aid
And the list goes on. And on. That’s life. That’s triage, and that is staying alive! It counts for everything, not just crossing oceans.
We can’t stay here. We aren’t allowed to! Besides, without gobs of money, who wants you/us? And we can’t float the boat if we buy any of that aforementioned luxury (not immediately necessary) stuff. Sort of like being faced with a mugger demanding, “Your wallet or your life.” That’s life. Life for most, that is.
You do what you gotta do, with what you’ve got!
And, get a grip, me mates! Rescue? Pah! When the boat sinks, who’s gonna give a rat’s arse? You rescue yourself! You keep the boat afloat, OR you die, adrift in the liferaft. Are you a hero, or a victim? It’s entirely up to you.