The WOFOYO Podcast
The WOFOYO Podcast
Spiritual and Physical EDC 2: Everyday Essentials
We continue to explore the concept of EDC (everyday carry) from both physical and spiritual perspectives, examining the tools we should have on hand when leaving home. Taking inventory of our spiritual toolbox helps us rediscover capabilities we may have forgotten.
• Setting goals that align with God's priorities rather than just our own
• Praying specifically for people, situations, and declaring scripture over them daily
• Exercising spiritual authority instead of merely asking God to handle everything
• Practical preparedness considerations like concealed carry, blending in, and emergency supplies
• Creating rally points and go bags for emergency situations
• Training regularly with both physical and spiritual tools so you can use them effectively
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Hey everybody, welcome to another edition of the Wofo Yo podcast. In our last episode, bones and I began to talk about your EDC and your spiritual. Edc stands for everyday carry, things that you should have on you whenever you head out of the house. And if you want to know what those things are, just listen to the previous episode. I'm not going to list them all right now, but we talked about things that we use physically and things that we do spiritually and have with us spiritually just to make sure we're prepared. So, without any further ado, we are going to continue talking about our physical and spiritual everyday carry. So what?
Speaker 2:are some things that we do every day. I got this middle picture of a toolbox being full of tools, full of tools we ain't used in a while and it's very easy to forget that we've got them because we don't use them or haven't used them. It's very easy to forget that we've got them because we don't use them or haven't used them. That's kind of what got me on this notion to begin with was taking inventory. That's kind of what I'm doing here to bed wash, rinse, repeat, rinse, repeat. Yeah, be very easy to get into that and into that routine and forget that there's some tools in your toolbox that, uh, that you haven't used in a while. There's some tools that are in there that god gave you uh, he told you to to tuck them away. He said here they are, but he didn't tell you to forget about him, he didn't tell you that you'd never use them again. So it's good to take that spiritual inventory and go through there and do some spiritual house cleaning, if you would on your toolbox.
Speaker 1:Here's how that looked for me. We wrote down the same thing, just in some different ways. What I wrote down was goals. I know it seems carnal and fleshly, but here's kind of how it goes.
Speaker 1:A day that I don't have goals written down is a day that I usually get nothing done If I write down, but here's how this works out. Spiritually, though, if there are things I know I have to do, I'm going to make sure they're written down. If I got bills to pay, if I have a podcast to record, if I need to get some notes to make sure we're not just winging it winging it although those episodes are pretty cool I want to make sure that they're written down. If I need to iron the clothes, which I need to do after this and don't want to. So there's personal goals.
Speaker 1:However, everyday carry I pray about Lord. What do you want me to get done today? And guess what? His goals take priority over mine? Yeah, and what happens if? If I, if I don't do that, I'll be feeling all good about myself because I've got. I had eight things to do today and I got. See, you usually don't get all of them done. I make longer lists and then what didn't get done today, I can put them out for tomorrow. Usually Now, if I get 75% 80% of my goals done, I'm a happy camper. 85, 80% of my goals done, I'm a happy camper. But if I don't consult the Lord first, I'm feeling so proud, so content and I lay my head down on that bed and he goes. You remember we were supposed to do this. I feel like I let my dad down and that's not a feeling I like.
Speaker 2:Well, there's wisdom in that when you make out your list and then you consult the Lord, it's a whole lot easier at the end of the day to accept the fact that you didn't get your list done. When you know that you met God's goals. That's a lot easier. That's a whole lot easier to accept. Because for me, writing out lists, I'm not a list man, I'm not a list guy. Mostly there's probably some trauma in that somewhere. Mostly my first wife would leave me a list of things to do and I hated that. That just didn't fly very well with me. But anyway, I'm not a list guy because if I don't get all the lists done, I feel like I didn't get anything done. I can have five things on my list and I can do four of them, but because I didn't get that fifth one done, I didn't get anything done. So that's just that. That's the way I'm wired. But knowing that I did whatever God wanted me to do for the day, I don't care about a list.
Speaker 1:That's why I didn't write it as a list, even though I use it as a list. So I wrote it down as goals.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 1:Now here's the thing If I have my goals written down, we won't use the L word.
Speaker 2:Well, see for me, I've got to trick my flesh.
Speaker 1:Yeah, no, I get it, but just how this works out, and I'll tell you how this worked out. Just how this works out, and I'll tell you how this worked out. If I know that their goals. There's something I'm aiming towards and I continually fall short of getting it done in a day, then that is a good way of the Lord. Let me know. This is a longer term thing I'm calling you to do. Yeah, and you know what? That's awesome because it improves your mindset. You don't feel like a failure. You go oh, this is not something to get done immediately. This is a process you're taking me through. And if this is a process you're taking me through, then I need to slow down, I need to pay attention and I need to observe every step of the process so I learn the lessons that you're trying to teach, so I can be useful to you in the way that you desire.
Speaker 2:Yeah, by aversion to lists, like I said, comes from my first marriage and a lot of it had to do with and I'll tell you, I'll say this If you're married, if you're in a marriage relationship, and you're leaving your spouse lists to do, if it's agreed upon, that's one thing, if the two of you can agree upon it. But if it's not agreed upon, or if it comes to the point where these lists become very etched in stone, you can give your partner the feeling that what they do at work and the things that they do throughout the day aren't as important as theirs and they're more busy and do more than you do. So you've got this extra time to do stuff, and that will, man, I'll tell you what that will that will kill a relationship. So be careful with leaving wives, leaving husband lists, and husbands leaving wives. Husbands don't even leave wives, they know better.
Speaker 2:But there's there's a reason for it, because that spouse starts to think well, what makes you think I got all this time? I work just as much as you do, work just as hard as you do, so don't do it. Anyway, that's my rabbit trail for lists. But you're right, you do have to write goals down. You do have to write that stuff down, or else you'll lose track of it. And then you'll go to bed at night and you'll hear that voice in the back of your head go, what about this? Right, yeah.
Speaker 1:Then you won't sleep. Yeah, you're just up and then, if it's really urgent, then you're up to 2 o'clock in the morning doing it, because the Lord ain't leaving you alone. One of the other things I think that's important is to have some everyday carry goals, so to speak. It also helps you if you take your time and pray about. It will help you to understand the why of what God's doing in your life. Right, if you understand the why, that's how you enjoy the process. Okay, he's doing this. There are some parts of this that might be unpleasant, but I know he's taken me to this state of being, to this location, for this purpose, and so part of these things might not be pleasant, but I'm going to come out on the better end of this because I'm going to be smack dab in the middle of his will.
Speaker 2:God's not like our own parents, that would say. When we ask why because I said so, he doesn't do that quite as much. God will usually clue you in as to why because he likes for you to have understanding. Now that you have the understanding, though you know he expects you to. You know, go forth and do those things. So don't ask why if you're not going to. Here's the thing. If you're just going to be rebellious and not do it in the first place, don't even ask why, just don't.
Speaker 1:Throughout the day and I got to say this is everyday carry, this is EDC. However, if anything falls by the wayside, I get busy. I'm just being upfront and honest. It's usually this there's a whole bunch of people and situations that I intercede about and pray for, and I don't just pray concerning those I have. I have people that I pray for every day. I have coworkers, friends, family, fellow believers that have influenced me. Pray for the country, pray for the state I work for, in the state I live in, pray for the body of Christ at large, pray for Israel, you know and not. And you think all these prayers are just like oh, bless them, oh Lord. No, a lot of them are. Lord, lord, we have some things messed up. Purify us, we're not in your will. Get us in your will.
Speaker 2:How be specific?
Speaker 1:Yeah, there's Lord. There's some things going on in this country that are not glorifying you, lord. Play your blood, Lord Jesus, over it. Expose it and don't just expose it, but let it be held accountable. Show us the ugly so it can be dealt with and not hide and hand in hand. In that we're praying for these, for the people that I pray, for, the situations I pray for. There's one other thing. So I will pray, but then I will move into something else really, really quick, and this is going to sound longer than it actually is. There are certain things I pray and decree over those that I pray for, as well as myself. I'll give you a little list Almost every day and if you really want to know where I got this from, this is a list back when I used to partner with Kenneth Copeland for Lord's Day.
Speaker 1:That's done, but they may have some good scriptures. Psalm 23, that's a. That's a Psalm about peace and contentment and provision. Psalm 91 is protection. 133rd Psalm is a Psalm of gratitude. 133rd Psalm is a Psalm about unity. You know we don't pray about unity as much, especially in the body. 134th Psalm it just flows right in and it's a Psalm about praise and the Lord talking to you during the night, when ain't nobody else talking to you?
Speaker 1:Ephesians 1 and Ephesians 3 have to do with God revealing himself and the mystery of Christ in you. Colossians 1 is that you would walk worthy of the Lord unto all, pleasing that you grow in depth. And the other one is 1 Thessalonians 5.23 is a preservation of holiness. So I will pray all those things. I'll speak them over. That's the difference, prayer man. You're making your request, you're talking to the Lord. Lord, open this up, show us what we need to be doing. Lord, show us. But when you decree, you're speaking God's will and God's word over a person and situation. So you do both. You pray, and sometimes you might need to pray in depth. Sometimes you might need to set some time aside to really get to the root of the problem, because a lot of times we're spraying Roundup but it really didn't get down to the root and next thing, you know that sucker's back in six weeks, and so, in addition to that and this is the last thing I have as far as spiritual is I will also speak over myself and over certain situations and people that I love.
Speaker 1:Angelic protection you have authority to not only I don't like the term invoke, that has too much of a mystical, new agey thing. But what you do is you have authority as a believer in Jesus Christ. Paul said don't you know that we will judge angels? I'm not calling out specific names or different things like that, because I don't necessarily know the names. I know there's angels assigned to me. I've seen too much stuff happen where I've been spared and shouldn't have happened. I work in a high threat environment. Every day I walk in. I know I've got God's angels assigned to me. God's angels assigned to me. Every once in a blue moon I'm talking about maybe every once every five to seven years I catch a glimpse of one. I'm like, oh good to have you here. Those angels that are assigned to me in the name of Jesus, do your duty, fulfill your charge, do what the Lord has commanded you to do and assigned you to do, and I give you full permission in the name of Jesus. I will not hinder you.
Speaker 2:I think there's something to be said about I hate to say, reminding God, because God needs no reminder, but there's something to be said about reminding God of His promises and what he said he would do for you, what he said he would do for us, and things like that. And, like I said, it's not because he needs the reminder. He doesn't, he knows. But when we speak those words into the spiritual realm, there's power in that, there is absolute power in that. It makes the demons quake. When you do those things, when you speak that authority in faith, I'll tell you what it sets a spiritual charge off in the spiritual realm that really levels the playing field. But if we're not doing those things and I fell into this trap, I'll be honest, I fell into this trap asking the Lord to do everything. Lord, do this Lord, do that Lord, if it be your will, lord.
Speaker 2:First of all, we know what God's will. We shouldn't have to ask if it be his will, because we know what his will is. We have a book that tells us what his will is. We have a Holy Spirit that will give us a yes or no on what his will is. That will give us a yes or no on what his will is. So we don't have to be so polite and political with if it be your will. We know what his will is. Number two I think there's times I think we mentioned this before on the show there are times when I think God says here's the reins, here you go, handle it.
Speaker 1:See how you do.
Speaker 2:See how you do. You've got authority in the spiritual realm. Now exercise it, Because we do fall into that, you know. Do this for me, Lord.
Speaker 1:Do this, do that when we get into that trap. It's so easy to do, it is, and it's a very Sunday school way of doing it. It's just not a mature Christian way to do it. Because there's a passage that says the whole earth is groaning for the revealing of the sons of God. Groaning for the revealing of the sons of God. That's you and I, as brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ, as members of his body, the only begotten son, we're supposed to be walking in and exercising authority. There's times the Lord's going to say here, let's see how you do with this, just to see if you're ready and you know what he is gracious. And if you mess it up, you're going to have an AAR, you're going to have an after-action review and then the next thing you know you might be a little bit of lay-down time, maybe some remedial training, but you're going to have that test again. Yeah, until you're ready.
Speaker 2:Exactly. One of the big concepts with EDC is that these are the things that you inventory every day. You pick up, put them in your pockets, put them in your pants pocket, your coat pocket, you stow them on your person before you walk out the door, whether these are physical things your wallet, your knife, your pocket knife, your glasses, your cell phone or it's the spiritual things that we're talking about. These are the things that we do, our last-minute missions check before we go through the wire and step out on the battlefield, and if we're not doing them, we're going out there ill-prepared and unarmed. So we've got to do those things. So you know, I encourage you, I challenge you, you know what is your everyday carry, physically and spiritually. You know, I bet you, if you were to really seriously sit down and think about it, you're probably taking more stuff with you than what you think.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I'll tell you one more thing. It's a physical thing. You were mentioning a concept and I go oh yeah, I see that right there thing. You were mentioning a concept. And I go oh yeah, I see that right there. If I'm out of the house, I have a fully loaded I won't say which model a fully loaded semi-auto and one magazine.
Speaker 2:And I would talk good stuff.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and it's meant for concealed carry. I will say this the model that I train with at work and train people on it's just a thinner model of that firearm. It ain't gonna jam up on you. These things are built tough. There's a lot sexier concealed carry weapons out there than this thing, but it's going to work. You got two holsters for it, the thing is. But it's going to work. You got two holsters for it. The thing is, if you're going to conceal it, make sure your holster conceals it.
Speaker 1:Comfort is a big thing because if you're anything you EDC with physical or spiritual. Comfort is an issue and it's not a minor, trivial inconvenience. If something's uncomfortable, you need to change your clothing. What kind of clothing you wear? Tell you something here. Recently I had some belts I really liked. They were nylon, however, with the clip, the, the inside, the IWB inside the waistband, one magazine and and the firearm for that particular holster, which is the most comfortable holster I've ever had, as far as one of those. Yes, like it's not even there. Those nylon belts don't work worth the crap. Got me a good leather tactical belt that you can cinch in and, yeah, there's an extra step in putting it on. But once that sucker's on, it's locked in, I can get that sucker off in a heartbeat. Also, the way that thing's geared. There's something about the way it's designed. If you needed to, you could turn that sucker into a tourniquet in a heartbeat, just just the way it's geared. And and oh, there's special design in the buckle and stuff that you go, oh, this has more than one purpose on it. But yeah, comfort.
Speaker 1:I mentioned before in the first part one of this two-part episode here cargo pockets. Why? Because you were talking about the bilfo and the sciatic and I had some of the worst sciatic pain ever. The bill foe and a sciatic, and I had some of the worst sciatic pain ever. And the massage therapist that got that sucker worked out. He goes hey, dummy, stop sitting on your bill foe. He told me which side I had it on and all this other stuff. And I'm like, yeah, reading my mail, see it all the time, stop doing it. I can sit on my billfold probably for about five minutes and it's going to start telling me but comfort, why am I saying that? And what does that have? To change your habits, build your muscle, change your body so that something's more comfortable. Because if you have like an inside the waistband holster and you got a big old gut, like I did when I was 300 pounds. It's harder to get that sucker out and draw at under 250, hell of a lot easier.
Speaker 1:Okay, I make sure that I have about three pairs of shoes for different situations. That's a lot of footwear, but I put my feet through a lot. I'm on my feet quite a bit. There's some work footwear and there's also the relaxed footwear. I recently started experimenting with some minimalist shoes just to let my feet spread out the way they're supposed to, because during work that footwear doesn't do that, although the cushioning is phenomenal.
Speaker 1:But if you were in a bad situation and you, we start to think tactically, you go. Okay, I'm getting ready to go to walmart. What could happen? All right, uh, is everything savior? Oh, wait, a minute.
Speaker 1:Two months ago they had a shooting over in walmart. Should I have my glasses on? So if I need to fire, you know I'm going to have my, of course, your phone, wallet, keys, stuff. But man inside the waistband got the firearm, got an extra magazine just in case, probably behooved me to put on my glasses. So if I need to aim, I can shoot. Like you said, have a knife or a Leatherman and also that belt. If somebody needs first aid, we can make a tourniquet out of it if we need to do that.
Speaker 1:Just different thing Make sure I have my phone. I can call 911, make sure the phone's charged. You think about where you're going to go, what you're going to do and what you need for those situations. And the other thing you mentioned you know, you, you checking your, your EDC, especially your. You know when you're getting ready to go out in the field. Do some stuff, man. If you, if you have some friends, if you got you some buddies and they know what you need, it doesn't hurt to have them check and make sure that you're straightened out, that you got what you need. And Bones and I have done that for each other a few times over the years, as well as several other people that we know. I appreciate the person that will go hey, man, you're missing this Because, as much as it might hurt our egos, if they're right, we're better off listening to them.
Speaker 2:Or they might have a good reason why they don't have it. And now you've got a different perspective. Um, when it comes to, when it comes to, tactically speaking, um, I have one or two firearms that I'll carry with me. I usually don't carry a magazine. There's a reason for that. My goal is to break contact. That's it. My wife and I know that my truck is the rally point. Wherever we're at, whatever we're doing, get back to the truck. That's where the ammo's at, that's where the extra magazines are, that's where the first aid kit with the tourniquets are at Um, that's where the gas, where the extra magazines are, that's where the uh first aid kit with the tourniquets are at. Uh, that's where that stuff is at Um. So for us, it's all about breaking contact. We're not, we're not going to get into a sustained gunfight. So if I got, you know, five to seven, maybe nine rounds, then that's that's. I'm praying, that's all I need at the time.
Speaker 2:Um, there's some other things also I plan for as well. Um, there's the way I dress um. Number one it's not concealed. Carry if other people can see it, amen. So, uh, and, and you're just, you're just telling carry if other people can see it, amen. And you're just telling on yourself and you're drawing attention to yourself.
Speaker 2:I'm very proud of my service as a military veteran, but I don't advertise that a whole lot. When I go out into public I rarely wear anything anymore that advertises that I've got veteran plates on my truck. That's about it. But I don't. I rarely wear anything that says, hey, look at me, I'm a shooter. Or hey, look at me, I'm one of those guys you know I don't wear. I don't have the 9-11 t-shirts that I wear all the time. I don't have the 9-11 t-shirts that I wear all the time. I don't do that anymore and I'm not picking on 9-11. They're a good brand, good guys. But that was one of the things that I had to take inventory of and say, hey, if I'm going to carry concealed, I want to draw less attention to myself, not more attention.
Speaker 2:When I fly, I carry no military baggage, none of my backpacks. Look, I don't carry any backpack that looks like my military backpack. No molly on the backpack. I carry all civilian stuff. So what I'm doing is I'm blending in. I do my best to blend in wherever I'm at. When my wife and I we go out to Oklahoma, it's boots and Wranglers when we're around here. It's a little bit different, but it's the concept of blending in and there's some safety in that. The Apostle Paul said I'm all things to all people. He had his way of blending in and it worked for him when it came to witnessing and spreading the gospel. I believe it works for us sometimes if we can tone things down.
Speaker 1:I'm not the guy that walks around in a MAGA hat at a gay pride event. The black one for me.
Speaker 2:Dark MAGA. Simply because there's just sometimes you can draw attention to yourself and you really don't want it. You really don't want it. And those are some things that I take into account when I leave the house. What kind of attention am I drawing to myself? Is it positive or negative? Or can I walk by someone and they won't realize, they won't even notice me? Some other things that I do have every day. I always got my beanie and I've always got a long-sleeve shirt or a jacket with me, because I get cold easy. That's why.
Speaker 1:Well, a lot of those things are stashed and, for the record, I have extra ammo and magazines in the truck as well. I'm going to give a little bit. And the reason we're doing this is I'm not arguing with Bones on this, don't take it as that. But there's different schools of thought, and I will be the first to admit that. In any direction you can go overboard. To me, I did my service. It was a short term. I fulfilled my term honorably. So, man, I was peacetime. There are so many people that have seen way more than I have. That being said, you're not going to see me wearing grunt style or all this other stuff. And the other thing is I also got a t-shirt brand that I do, just one of my extra companies that I do. It's just a little small operation right now, but I make my own t-shirts with my own style, but I don't necessarily present myself as not dangerous.
Speaker 1:I'd rather, people underestimate me.
Speaker 1:I'd rather people underestimate me. Well, in the career that I'm still in, it's a double-edged sword, because if you've got some legitimate high-end operators, they're going to take out the dude that looks the most dangerous, that they're going to assess the threat and they're going to take out what looks like the most, the threat that's likely to put up the most resistance Guess what folks? We're also talking about spiritual warfare. You know this is how the enemy's kingdom operates. Okay, so there's some lessons in here. However, in the environment that I'm in, I'll say it like this you work with a lot of predators and predatory behavior, and predators look for opportunity and there's all these people that get all roided up and they're just listening. You know they got the MMA shirt and all that. Okay, yeah, you can kick everybody's butt and all this stuff, and I don't go that far because that's too far. Over the other, at the other end, there's something called command presence and the fact that you're there and you're not asleep and you're aware and you're looking what's going on around you and you're not scared. You're not trying to be macho and all that, but there's a time to blend in but a lot of your lower-end threats, if they see you there and they see that you're aware and they see that you're watching and you see what they're doing. They back down. So it's a double-edged sword. At the same time, you don't want to be although God, that's a funny visual you don't want to be the person that looks like She-Mel Princess walking through Walmart. I guess the wimp is kind of an old stereotype. I mean, you have all these ones. Oh, I just you don't want to look like. You're not dangerous at all.
Speaker 1:You know, I was thinking I saw a coworker. I'm like what in the world are you doing? And he's wearing. He's got on a blue Superman T-shirt. Almost look like Don Ruse, has some Purple shiny pants, look like old disco pants what in the world? And Some sandals and stuff Now, and not working out, just walking up and not a bad guy. But you're just like what in the world? But I was saying you know how funny it would look if somebody tried to roll up on him. He pulled out his concealed carry. That would just. You know it. Because the reason that's slightly funny is because your mind is not expecting that. He doesn't look like a threat. He looks like the steel OR Lee Ermey line. He looks like 100 pounds of chewed bubble gum man.
Speaker 2:I could rock some combat flip-flops, though, yeah.
Speaker 1:Don't get me wrong. Oh, dude, you're a fan of the flip-flops. Let me tell you what I found that I love these things the the only time I usually don't wear them as much. If I think there's a higher probability of me having to engage some of the downtown areas, they just come out with them and you got to be careful because you don't want your I love the cushioning but you don't want your feet muscles to get too weak because that can lead to problems later on. Man Hoka makes some sandals. They had just started making them, oh, they're hiking sandals.
Speaker 2:They're comfy. Yeah, they are, yeah, they are.
Speaker 1:Let me tell you what. I wear them suckers more than two days and it's pretty evident that C-Dub needs a pedicure because my toes are starting to get ashy. What the heck is this? I mean, you might want to put some lotion on them.
Speaker 2:Maybe you put some Jergens on it. No, there's just different people have different styles and, coming from some of the training and background that I have, blending in works for me very well, but in the same sense, there's other styles that work for other people. But the big thing is is uh, whatever you're doing, if you're going to do it every day, make sure you're trained up and you're prepared and you know how to use your equipment. Um, cause if you don't, then don't take it. Um, it'll be a more of a detriment to you than it will. Uh, then it will be a good tool for you. Um, but uh, yeah, we've my truck, man, my truck is the rally point wherever we go. That's the get-to whenever things break loose. I'll meet you at the truck and then we'll rally around that.
Speaker 1:Well, one of the other things and this is probably going to be in my truck here come soon I'm learning and as I get licensed in it, um, ham radio, yeah it. Just if the communications ever go down, ham radio still be running, yeah, you know. And uh, I have two. You can buy them cheap, but you gotta learn how to use them. You gotta learn the rules. But you can do, you can do some impressive things with them.
Speaker 1:So, in addition to the first aid kits, in addition to a change of clothes, I also have something because of the job and the nature and being on tactical unit. It's a two-fold. I have what's called a go bag. It is a full change of clothes, shoes and everything. In addition to that, in my truck I also got a staged total uniform. It's the last pair of boots that I wore, in case I'm somewhere where I don't have my newest pair. It's an old uniform a little bit more faded. I can pop that sucker out, haul ass where I need to go, whatever the situation or emergency is at work, and I can be in uniform and be ready to go. I have two IDs for work. One I keep on my regular uniform, but if I'm out. I got that secondary ID in my BILFO, and there's a couple other reasons too. It also allows me to conceal carry in other states that are a little bit more strict. Have you a go bag?
Speaker 2:Have you a go bag? We've got winter coming up. Yeah, man put a blanket and—.
Speaker 1:Blanket coat yeah.
Speaker 2:Blanket, coat, coveralls, whatever you got put in there, because you'll break down, you'll get caught on the side of the road. If you've got daughters, put that stuff in the trunk of their car so that they have it. All three of my daughters had that stuff in their car and it paid dividends because I had a daughter New Year's morning coming home, ran off the interstate and hit a tree and she was on the side of the road but she wasn't cold. We went and got her and she was on the side of the road, nice and toasty.
Speaker 1:Have some matches and a cigarette lighter. I keep those in my truck Also because them commies got regular cigarette lighters out of the truck Something you can actually start a fire fire with. I'll tell you another thing ain't bad If you've got something that you can light and it can stay warm. You know, in your house maybe candles, lanterns, in your truck, you know what a bad thing to have is or not a bad thing to have as far as warmth. It's not going to keep you super warm, but it can keep a fire going long enough to where you can get other stuff. Have a little can of Sterno, yeah, there's a lot of things.
Speaker 2:Like I said, the more you sit down and think, the more things you realize that you're probably taking with you every day and you don't even realize it. Yeah, you're probably taking with you every day and you don't even realize it, yeah. So, and the reason, like I said, the reason why you take inventory like this, is so that you know that you have it. Yeah, and maybe it's time to do the inventory to make sure some of the stuff is so serviceable so it works when you need it, so that your spare tire ain't flat, so that your little battery pack in the trunk of the car isn't dead the next time you need to jump. Stuff like that pays big dividends.
Speaker 1:There are so many things that you can get. I know we talked about what you're carrying on your purse in EDC. You kind of keep that minimalist. You have it because you're going to use it. You have it minimalist. You get to talking about what's in the truck A little bit different story. What is a air pump that you can put in your cigarette lighter I'm sorry, power outlet for all you politically correct kinds that you can plug into that? And next thing, you know you don't have to change the tire. You can get it down the road if it ain't bad enough and you can get it someplace safer. Like you said, your point is, with what you want to do should something bad happen, you're trying to break contact. All you're trying to do with stuff like that is get you into a better position. You might still have to change the tire, sure, but you're not in the worst scenario to have to change the tire.
Speaker 2:Yeah, you can do it in a parking lot now instead on the side of the interstate.
Speaker 1:Have you some lights?
Speaker 2:Like I said, it's always good to sit down and take inventory. What are you carrying every day on your person? Can you pare it down? Can you do more with less, and if so, great? What are you carrying around in your truck, and how can I equate this to my spiritual life? Yeah, because everything we've talked about, everything that we talk about here on the podcast, I think, in the physical, has a spiritual application. If we're willing to run that rabbit hole, if we're willing to look hard enough for it, we'll see that there's a spiritual application.
Speaker 1:And the one thing about it once you identify that EDC physically, once you identify it spiritually you've already said it. I'm going to end on this one Train, train, train. If you don't train with it, you won't be able to use it when the time comes. I don't care if it's prayer, I don't care if it's a firearm, I don't care if it's something you use to start a fire, I don't care if it's a water filter. If you don't train on how to use it, you won't know how to use it when you need to.
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