SOMEONE HAS TO DRAW THE PLANS   

In our fluid liquid on demand society fortresses seem out of place. However, the institutions that built this fluid liquid society were fortresses of commerce, government and education. The internet started by the military to communicate. Educational institutions provided intellectual environments as a bedrock for the necessary trial and error to create all of our modern conveniences. Layers upon layers of successes and failures performed in safe environments so intellectuals could venture out and then return to the safety of the fortress. These fort builders created plans first then decided on materials and then built. No microwave meals. No pop in the microwave push a button and 15 seconds a meal. Preparation, planning and perseverance are the ingredients for a great fort. Have you taken the time to plan out the type of fort you want to build or are you hoping that the tent that you are currently shivering in will be strong enough to build a life on. Maybe you should think about sitting down to build a legacy by becoming the architect of the life you want instead of the life you have.

Are you ready to prepare, plan and persevere?

If your home is not a fort where you, your wife and your kids can venture out into the world exploring and conquering things all while knowing that they can return to the fort for protection, training, and provisions; then you are gypsy tent makers declaring permanence but constantly on the move.

If you don’t know how to build then find a master builder and apprentice for a time until you can build on your own.                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

ANATOMY OF THE FORT – SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE                                                                                                                   A traditional fort has four sides. On the four corners a tower was usually built to house guards or sentinels. A sentinel‘s job was to watch the horizon for danger. If the sentinel saw a stranger or a dangerous situation then the sentinel sounded an alarm to warn the inhabitants of the fort and call the people outside the fort to come back inside the protection of the fort.  All sides had to be watched. In our families the four sides of our forts are:  

1. Financial/Occupational
2. Emotional/Spiritual
3. Intellectual
4. Historical/Traditional