Jun
How I Beat Hurricane Katrina
My heart goes out to those people we read about in the news today who are losing their homes an possessions to foreclosures, floods, tornados, fires, etc. I know. I’ve been there.
I still have vivid memories of when my wife and I found ourselves in the full fury of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and how we were able to turn it into a growing experience.
Like any sudden disaster, we found ourselves thrust into a chaotic circumstance that seemed overwhelming. We found ourselves with no electricity, no drinkable water, very little edible food, no air conditioning with temperatures in the 100 degree range with humidity to match. With our car under water we had no transportation. With telephones out and cell phones inoperable, we had no communications.
We did have a gas stove with which we could boil water and cook what little food we had. We also had a portable radio through which we learned the scope of the devastation. It offered a constant barrage of reports depicting the dire circumstances of thousands of people and their frustrations at not receiving any meaningful assistance. We learned that the levee break was only a quarter mile from our home. We found ourselves in a survival mode for four days and were listed among the “missing.”
We had been married for 58 years so meeting tough challenges was not strange to us. At one time, I felt I had more than my fair share of problems and that I was trapped between the sword and the wall with no apparent means of escape.
In this period of desperation, I made an exciting discovery that changed my life. I discovered that there is only one basic, root cause of all problems and when this prime cause was understood and properly applied, all problems, regardless of their nature or apparent severity, would disappear as surely as darkness disappears in the presence of light.
Not only did this discovery resolve all my problems, it was the foundation upon which I built a consulting career wherein I could apply it to the benefit of a widely diverse client base that included many of the giants of American business.
Our present situation was just another opportunity for us to implement the principles embodied in my discovery. As we had done so many times in the past, we remained steadfast in embracing the disciplines demanded by the discovery’s impersonal implementation. (This discovery’s proven, scientific principles are detailed in my book, “The Science of Living Better Forever“.)
Our situation began to change. Food and water was provided through unexpected sources. We were offered transportation out of the immediate disaster zone. We abandoned our home and all our personal possessions, picked up important paper, my wife’s jewelry and a few clothes and left New Orleans. We were offered an opportunity to stay with a loving family in Baton Rouge. We were “found” by our family and friends. People appeared “out of the woodwork” offering us clothing, money and transportation. Means opened up for us to move to Texas where we were invited to share the home of an old friend who had heard of our situation. All our needs were abundantly met with no conscious planning or effort on our part.
Events and circumstances continued to unfold and we moved into a perfect, fully furnished home in New England where we were born, brought up and raised our family. Our experiences exceeded any circumstance or condition we could possibly have anticipated.
What proved to be, and continues to be, traumatic experiences for so many, has proven to be the exact opposite for us. The freedom we have realized is not “by accident” or to “luck”, as many people have suggested. Our experiences were no more due to “luck” than it is “luck” that 2 + 2 = 4 and not “5″. It is the law.
We knew that the solution to our problem was in implementing the disciplines demanded by my discovery. It was our strict adherence to specific natural laws and principles (defined by Webster as, “the creative and controlling forces of the universe”.) and allowing these self-enforcing laws to permeate our mind-set (defined by Webster as, “a mental attitude that determines and influences events and circumstances”.). We had to release our personal opinions and feelings and be responsive to the conscious operation of natural laws and principles that, by their very nature, assures positive, harmonious results with scientific certainty. Harmonious “events and circumstances” were the natural result.
I know how abstract and impractical this all sounds. It is a radical departure from traditional problem solving methods and not an easy concept for many to accept even though it has been proven for more than 50 years. My Katrina experience has motivated me to “start over” and share my discovery with others that they might also benefit from its message.
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