Crisis Reasoning
I’ve often thought about how I might react in a crisis and generally I have feared that I would become scattered and rattled and not be of much use. When I think back on past crises, however, it seems that I act the opposite of how I project I would act in future crises. What I have done in the past is to calm down and think very quickly of possible responses to the situation, settle on one and act. The fact that I am still alive is testimony to my actually being able to act very calmly in a crisis. I think I’ve described all of the situations in past posts, so rather than repeat them here, I’m going to try to find links.
Kidnapping in Africa: Naive in Africa
Shooting incident in Africa:
Trapped Outside in a Mountain Blizzard in Wyoming:
Well, due to my terrible tagging, I could only find a link to one of the stories. I’ll keep searching, but in the meantime if anyone else can find a link to these other stories, please HELP. I’m trying to remain calm in spite of my frustration over this crisis!!!
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “In a Crisis.” Honestly evaluate the way you respond to crisis situations. Are you happy with the way you react?
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
I read your “kidnapped” post and it sent shivers down my spine. You were smart, clear-headed, and lucky. Because the ending could easily have been different. Very glad you are here to tell the story.
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Me, too, Marilyn. I was lucky as well.
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Wow that kidnapping story was absolutely gripping – I forgot for a moment that it was real.
Really crazy – glad you handled it well and got out safe!
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Hope you are more level-headed that I was in my youth and that you don’t get yourself into such scrapes…Judy
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What an adventuresome life!
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I’m trying to cool the adventure down in my later life, Roger…Thanks for reading and commenting. Judy
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My jaw just dropped with the kidnapping story. I was just like…. WOW.
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Yes, it was definitely one of the crisis points in my life. Thanks for reading and dropping your jaw, Joe!
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You are now officially on my heroes list. The world needs more women like you! 🙂
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You need to take a vacation from adventure!
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I’m trying
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You’re a courageous woman, your crises define the strength of your bravery indeed. Proud of you…
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Read your traumatic experience and admire your bravery and courage. You can deal with crisis lady.
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very cool. My tagging is wild, also. What I just learned is that “categories” are what you use to separate things on your blog…so you have a separate category for stories about, say, Africa. Then the tags are used by others to find your blog elsewhere.
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