This is us, our spirit, our soul, who we are; the intangible force that we feel, ever present, always there - that which drives us forward to create and conquer. 👇🏻👇🏻

Take a second to imagine life as an early American pioneer. Before you lies an unknown landmass so vast France could sink into it many times over. Every stream, mountain and woodland is new, like in a fantasy novel. Above you an endless rolling sky and beneath you a horse, paltry rations and a canteen of water.

It's easy to mock ''freedom'' as a political doctrine, but it's also a spiritual form too for European men.

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Luck

That luck and progress are dependent on frith and honour was a maxim borne out by experience, but the sentence could with equal truth be read conversely: Luck is the condition that determines frith and honour.

― Vilhelm Grønbech, The Culture of the Teutons: Volume 1

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Typically in this society rural people have been looked down on. It's not surprising socially we've been programmed to aspire to be anything but rural people. Hillbillies, rednecks, hicks, whatever you wanna call them. People with chickens and goats and a garden, who work on their own cars and their homes, help their neighbors when they need it, do odd jobs when they can. Country bumbkins, woodsmen, yokels.. Call them what you want, but they will be the ones who come to the rescue.. If more people understood the value of just being down home folk people they'd realize we wouldn't have been able to be put in this mess.

Luck

To form a happy couple, the bride and bridegroom need luck. Hrut, an Icelander of unusual qualities and high extraction, and also a man of great insight, was late in marrying; one day his friends proposed a match with a lady of good family, called Unn. Hrut entered upon the plan, but rather hesitatingly, saying: “I do not know whether we two will have luck together.” Hrut did not know at the time, that he would fall under the spell of an imperious woman, but on a visit to Norway he found favour with the Queen Mother, and their intimacy embittered the subsequent conjugal life of Hrut and Unn and finally wrecked their marriage.

― Vilhelm Grønbech, The Culture of the Teutons: Volume 1

(Moral of the story - don’t be unwise; strive to make good decisions)

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BIG IF TRUE

Luck

It is luck which enables men to maintain their frith, their friendship, to keep their promises, and refrain from dishonourable acts. But luck is more. It gives men the will to act morally, or rather, it is moral will itself. When Hrut utters his misgivings: “I do not know whether we two will have luck together,” he is thinking of their power of having and keeping mutual love, and their ability of creating frith in their home, as much as of their power of enjoying each other and having offspring.

― Vilhelm Grønbech, The Culture of the Teutons: Volume 1

* When slowly and deeply contemplated upon, this passage contains much wisdom. When looking for a mate, or already married, these thoughts should be at the forefront of our minds

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The morning drive to work.

Shelf Life of Fermented Vegetables

• Sauerkraut and cucumber pickles are traditionally long-fermented vegetables. They can last for up to a year in a dark, cool location.
• Other pickled vegetables in To retain greater texture, store them in the fridge for up to a month after the initial fermentation, then store in a cool dark location for 6 months to a year.
• Chutney, salsa and relish
Best if stored in the fridge for up to 3 months or in the freezer for 6 months.
• Hot sauce can last for 6 months in a cool dark location.
• Kimchi is typically eaten fresh; 3-5 days after desired fermentation, can easily last up to a year in a cool dark location.

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Your culture & heritage are not lost, they're running through your veins. Hear them call!

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When discussing an issue with someone, we must be careful not to hold too tightly onto our biases and preconceived notions of how, what, or why things are. We mustn’t let certain words or terminologies trigger us to the point of not understanding a concept, thus resulting in knee-jerk reactions. As intelligent folk, we must reduce emotionalism, listen open-mindedly, sincerely seek the point being conveyed, internalize and analyze the information, then decide if we need to change our mind.

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Luck

In the Germanic idea, the moral estimate is always ready to rise to the surface; in fact, for the expression of goodness, piety and uprightness, the Teutons have no better words than lucky (Anglo-Saxon sælig*, Gothic séls and similar terms), which embrace the idea of wealth and health, happiness and wisdom. In later linguistic periods, the ethical side of the idea often becomes dominant, and determines the use of the word in Christian writings. Thus the Gothic séls and the opposite unséls, are for the translator of the Bible the best equivalent for the “good” and “evil” of the New Testament.

― Vilhelm Grønbech, The Culture of the Teutons: Volume 1

* the Old English word sǽlig, means: blessed, fortunate, prosperous, happy

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