official website<\/a> of “The Lost Ways”, Davis has shared three lessons that will improve your way of living and make sure that you and your children will never go hungry, even in the middle of a crisis.<\/p>\nThe first lesson goes like this, “Don’t take anything for granted!” Davis wrote that our ancestors, particularly his grandparents, had experienced famine many years ago and what happened was that people became too selfish they stole from the weak and the old. He said that his grandfather even had to go through leaving his mother for good so just one of them could survive.<\/p>\n
This lesson teaches us to appreciate everything we have right now. Our smartphone, laptop, the Internet, our house, cars, jobs, and everything that makes our lives easier and almost perfect. Why so? Because everything can be gone in an instant. The world could crumble down anytime and it is important that we value everything we have right now so that we could have something to utilize in the future.<\/p>\n
The second lesson is “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Davis said that everyone should value and learn from the past, especially the efforts of our ancestors in building the nations that we live in right now. After all, without their blood and sweat, we wouldn’t have been here.<\/p>\n
Nowadays, we have totally forgotten to give value to our ancestors’ legacy. Davis said that after all these years, we have not become better at living at all. He continued to write, “The truth is we have never been more disconnected from life, from the world, from the soil, from the trees, and from our own souls.” If we truly remember and cherish the lessons of our past and the skills of our forefathers, then we and our families will be set for life even if a crisis occurs.<\/p>\n
The third and last lesson is this, “It’s always up to you.” If worse comes to worst, you are the only one in charge of your life and your fate. Hence, Davis emphasized that we should not rely on somebody else, even the government, for our fullness and welfare. We should learn to sustain our lives through our own efforts, assets, and skills.<\/p>\n
Davis shared that he bonded with this grandfather and made sure that he learned about useful survival skills from building a storm shelter to smoking turkeys that were preserved for the winter. Even though his grandfather had passed, his survival knowledge will live on through Davis.<\/p>\n
On a final note, Davis said that beyond these three lessons, the most important to know is it’s also up to us. Today, our generation lives on the fruits of our ancestors’ hardships, and the way we can truly continue their legacy is if we do our part to save their survival knowledge and learn from it.<\/p>\n
Clearly, Claude Davis is very passionate about what our forefathers have done in the past, which brought him to author “The Lost Way”. With this book, he hopes to spark inspiration and to encourage everyone who reads it to learn and share about the survival skills and knowledge of our ancestors.<\/p>\n