Learning to survive anything in your life

 I think the best example of this was a course in surviving a plane crash taught by Air Force personnel at a wilderness convention I was at at two Ravens, Idaho years ago.

They were talking about how people survived a plane crash into a remote area away from civilization and people.

And they spoke of how there were two kinds of people (One type survived and the other didn't).

The people who didn't survive kept saying things like "How did this happen and What am I doing here over and over again until they die. In other words unless you adapt to the situation you die.

So, the people who tend to survive remote plane crashes are people who take an interest in surviving these plane crashes.

It's also true you have to be well enough to take the right attitude too for example, if you are bleeding out you soon are going to be dead from the crash so it's lights out!

However, then if your body is relatively intact you might be struggling to find a way forward.

But, the people who survive these things get interested in asking questions like: 

How can I stay Warm or cool enough to survive this (depending upon the weather).

Where is there water I can drink?

For example, if you crash where there is snow you can either eat snow or melt it over a fire to drink water.

Staying warm enough or cool enough depending upon the weather is important.

But, if you don't have water you might survive only 4 to 9 days and even then you will be hallucinating from no water so this is. a problem too.

Whereas if you are under about 50 years old and in good physical shape you might survive 40 days without food if you only have water too.

So, staying warm enough or cool enough to survive and finding water means you can live longer than 4 to 9 days. Because by the 2nd day without water or food you will be hallucinating whether you want to be or not.

So, much like taking an interest in your survival in every moment is how you might survive almost anything in your life.

However, the key is being in each moment enough to see how you can survive whatever is happening in your life.

If you are not in the moment in a survival situation you are soon dead.

This is a given.