1. Man cannot live without air. It’s a fact. The air must be of the proper mixture. Too much or too little of any one gas in the mixture can be deadly within minutes. God knows that so, when He made earth, He provided us with air in abundance. You don’t have to go out and buy it, though it is possible. All we need do is breathe. I think it goes without saying that air is the most important earthly thing for us. As we humans are apt to do, we take it for granted.
2. Water. Two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen. Chemists have found it an oddity in many ways. For instance, it is one of the few compounds that expands when it goes from a liquid to solid. If you don’t believe me, try putting a soda in the freezer for a couple of days. No, no. Don’t do that. It will make a mess and you’ll blame me. Nonetheless, it is why ice floats. and… if ice did not float, it would cause more problems than I can put in one post. Incidentally, water is important too. It is the second most valuable substance to man. A man can go just about 3 days without water. After that, he will fail to breathe. That is to say, he will no longer be able to take advantage of the most important substance, air.
3. Food. Unlike air, food must be sought, raised or hunted. In some cases, it does grow on trees, but even then, nowadays, farmers grow it. As a side note, to get food, we must have air and water. I guess that makes the air and water doubly important. The time a person can survive without food varies. However, I think we can safely say most people will not survive without some food for more than a month. Fortunately, God has provided us with food too. It just is that sometimes we have more difficulty getting it. Oddly, most of us enjoy eating. That is, unlike water and air. We drink water and we breathe air. However, we don’t normally so much sit down around a table and talk about the days events as we breathe and drink water.
4. Salt. Nowadays the docs try to caution us against eating too much salt but it is necessary. God knew that and he provided us with a lot of that too, though sometimes it does need to be found where it is. If nothing else, we could drink seawater, just make sure we don’t overdo it. As the doctors say, we do need to watch our intake. It is especially needed for those who work hard out in the sun.
5. By the way, while speaking of the sun, we must not overlook that. It provides us with light, heat, energy (even in fossil fuel and wind mills) As somewhat of a minor function, it does tell us what time of the day it is and what part of the year. Also, without the sun, it just might be a little difficult finding water, that is, even ignoring the warmth thing. Every day Mr. Sun evaporates tons of water, which is dropped on various land masses. This provides streams, rivers and lakes. Just think how much water the sun needs to continuously evaporate just to keep the great lakes full. Yeah, the sun’s pretty important too.

I’m sure you know I can go on and on about the important things, sort of like a reminder. It is good to remember them and give thanks for them every now and then.

The point is, have you ever thought about how important gold is. I mean, if gold was really all that important to us, don’t you think God would have made it more abundant. To me, the value of gold is in the minds of man. Really, we could live without uncovering another ounce of gold for the next century or so, wouldn’t you think.

It does have real practical uses, but mostly it just sits around in formed in shiny bars, under peoples mattresses and hanging around the necks of folks like Mr. T. It’s nice to look at, but it is simply not that important. Yet, every day, people are on TV telling me I must go out and buy gold, in case of a financial disaster.

I guess, if it is held within reason, it is okay. However, the way I look at it, it just gives the other guy a reason to shoot me. I don’t need the gold. He doesn’t need the gold. Why should either of us get shot over it?

I really think it would be a good idea for all of us to remember what is really important. I will take that one step farther and suggest we remember WHO is important. You know. Family, friends and the really nice guy that was good enough to give you a job so you can buy those potatoes, tomatoes and the occasional steak.

On the other hand, those dems sure think they know what is important, control and they will do anything, lie, steal and kill to get it. Don’t try to tell me they won’t. They have.