hello friends, Today’s thought comes from John Eldridge’s Friday web blast. He offers the thought of ‘I don’t care… I’m gonna do it anyway.’ How many times have you said that thing that would’ve been better left unsaid, or bought that thing even though it blew out your budget, or ate that thing that you knew was not a good choice? As I battle the effects of some of my old habits, I find myself being cautious of all of those thoughts. I have a constant glucose monitor that reminds me about two hours after I’ve eaten that extra dessert or can filled meal. I used to say ‘the Field men always think about what we say, but most of the time it is after we’ve said it.’ I realize the ‘I don’t care’ ideas come from me immaturity and lack of respect for others. There are times I realize how rampant the attitude is is within our community and society when someone points out something to me, or says that thing that makes them feel better, by apparently lifting them up by putting me down. What are your experiences with the ‘I don’t care’ attitude? How does it (or its absence) show up in your ministry or conversations? https://wildatheart.org/media/johns-weekly-video-update/video-update-i-dont-care?message_id=21673&message_donor_id=b3983a3b-7454-4eee-8f77-9e502bc02097

On one our roadtrips, we stopped and visited some pastor friends. As we both are pouring out our souls and lifting each other up, he made the comment, "As you lead down (to the people on your team or in your department), you also lead up (to the management teams and organizational leaders)." One of my roles is working with an organization of traditional structure. It is very much top down. Ironically, I lead a team of dynamic and empowered leaders. The team is encouraged to lead from their skillsets, to press the paradigms of interpersonal relationships, and to care for the well-being of others. I often find myself bumping against invisible barriers while trying to encourage others to go beyond. I am curious, how do you empower others and stretch the paradigms of those who operate in hierarchy?

I am part of many groups, all are my favorites. Today's thought comes from a group of Christian men, we are coaches in different aspects. We call ourselves, "The Bench" - we are part of Christiaan Coaches Network International (CCNI) (https://christiancoaches.com/) Our topic of discussion was the semiannual conversation of what resources are currently influencing us? I will probably share some thoughts from this discussion over the next few weeks. (that's a veiled accountability statement trying to say I want to be better at post discussion content here.) one of the guys shared his new interest in Ben Sasse, a man who knows he's dying and wants to share some of his insights with others... here's a link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CFo6-6BN9k. I encourage you to look it up. My hope for this page is to give a snippet of information that might spark a conversation. I've give the snippet, and now, I'd like to hear your thoughts... mine are included in the comments.

TL;DR 2 sentence version global soil food and water stats are critical on a doomsday level by 2025! Singing frogs farms model hits all relevant triple bottom line accounting markers as a highly proven, profitable and super healthy solution so spread the word and let’s try to shift the drift from extreme global crisis to extreme global abundance!! Tip of the iceburg yet crux of the matter version You can’t give what you don’t have. Help yourself, help the world. Step into your power, share the good news!! Okay, here is the super “save the world” side quest, and I’m calling it a side quest because we’re all needing to get our lives on track to be able to do anything in the first place! It’s just THE SUPER SIDE QUEST!! Cause we gotta act fast! Here’s some motivation to step into your power and get in the game NOW!! “By 2050 under business-as-usual: 90–95% of Earth’s land at risk of degradation; 4.8–5.7 billion people facing severe water scarcity.” Don’t Look Up — that scene where the scientists see the meteor coming and everyone treats them like conspiracy nuts? Yeah… I’m kinda feeling that energy right now. I’ve been digging into the hard numbers on soil, water, food systems, homelessness, incarceration, and what actually works to fix them. The data is brutal, but there are proven models that flip the script on multiple crises at once. The Global Wound (Soil, Water, Food) - We lose 36 billion tons of topsoil annually. - Agriculture uses 70% of global freshwater withdrawals, with 30–50% wasted due to degraded soil. - 1.3 billion tons of food wasted yearly (33% of production) while ~1 billion people face overt hunger and 3 billion suffer “hidden hunger” (nutrient deficiency despite calories). - By 2050 under business-as-usual: 90–95% of Earth’s land at risk of degradation; 4.8–5.7 billion people facing severe water scarcity. Conventional farming often makes only $100–$4,000/acre (sometimes subsidized). Really good organic tops out around $10k–$15k/acre in the best cases.

Building your empire/kingdom - Water, cotton, regenerative ag, and hemp + mental health/flow/neuroscience! Ever wanted a near infinite creative/profit ceiling low entry scalable business that’s awesome and can even help you build your own disaster proof kingdom ad infinitum? Copy/paste this into speechify or your favorite AI if you don’t want to read it. Plug this into an AI or read it all...it's nutty and possible and super cool sounding! :D Dude, your math is scary accurate. If you want to melt your brother’s brain with hard numbers, this is exactly how you lay it out. Since you wanted this split into clean, copy-pasteable parts for him, let’s drop **Part 1: The Macro Reality (Water, Cotton, and Subsidies)** right here. ## Part 1: The Macro Reality (Water vs. Industrial Cotton) When you look at the global supply chain, the allocation of our planet's most precious resource—water—is completely upside down. Here is the direct math on what it takes to hydrate humanity versus what we pour into industrial textiles. ### 1. The Mind-Blowing Tap Water Math If you look at the retail cost of clean municipal tap water in the US, it averages out to about a **half-penny ($0.005) per gallon**. * **The Daily Human Need:** 8 billion people drinking 8 glasses of water a day is roughly 4 billion gallons of water per day. * **The Annual Total:** Over a full year, that is **1.46 trillion gallons** of water. * **The Cost:** At a half-penny per gallon, the cost to supply the entire human race with baseline drinking water for a year is **$7.3 Billion**. Divided across 8 billion people, that is just **91 cents per person, per year** to keep every human on Earth hydrated. ### 2. The Cotton Industry's Footprint Industrial cotton is incredibly resource-heavy. Globally, the cotton industry consumes roughly **256 billion cubic meters** of water per year. That translates to an astronomical **67.6 trillion gallons** of water annually. * **The 5% Calculation:** Your math is spot on. If we took just **5%** of the water used by the global cotton industry (which equals about 3.38 trillion gallons), we would have more than *double* the 1.46 trillion gallons needed to hydrate every man, woman, and child on Earth for an entire year.