These are photos from the balcony this morning. It rained all night but is below freezing so everything is now covered in ice - It is quite slippery and good day to stay inside rather than slip and slide. Every year I fall over once and I have already reached my quota for this winter as New Year's Eve I slipped while scraping the windows of the car.

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My wife is off studying again as normal so daughter and I have to find something to do..at the moment we are playing with wooden blocks and building houses, she is building me one while I write. I hope that she will never have to worry about housing me when I am old as either I will be able to look after it myself or, won't make it that far. Either way, I don't plan on being a dependent.

![20190223_101511.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmR8M69QvuDjwaNNvYXf8Srz39ws2zfZjgFmWqMmyLdbSR/20190223_101511.jpg)

My sister in law lost her husband when their two children were very young to cancer and luckily, he had provided enough for them that they didn't have to worry immediately on how they would survive. I am not at that point yet, and my family would have to rely on my wife's parents for support and I don't see that as a great position for anyone. 

![20190223_101543.jpg](https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmPM2C5YaGwyDnvW3AzpaxMHgJ93k1iabgaA1ftgCrp8ya/20190223_101543.jpg)

Last night I spoke a little about a recurring income from Steem and that is a possibility if of course it lasts. It will be interesting in 2, 5, 10 years from now if it does as to just what kinds of opportunities will arrive because people have Steem. It is a type dream of course but the difference is that we can each have an effect on our personal outcomes to some degree. Lots of different pathways forward taken, some will be more successful than others in reaching the goals.

At the moment though, it is all pretty foggy and blurry on just what will happen and while there is a lot going on, there is a high degree of uncertainty. As I believe, in uncertainty lays opportunity but to take that opportunity one has to be prepared for when the door opens or in the case of the images here, when the window if the future clears and it is time to act.

An action is always an investment into the future as it is the act that guides and influences the result, even though there are factors outside of one's control, like luck. I wonder how many people are actually lucky but weren't prepared to take the step when the time came? 

At the moment, I am ill-prepared but, I am improving my equipment each day in various ways so when the moment arises, I can run with little fear of slipping over on the ice. Some will just watch from the window and say, *he is just lucky.*

Perhaps. Perhaps not. The work still needs to be done and actions need to be performed that support the future, not the past.

Taraz
[ a Steem original ]
<sub>(posted from phone)</sub>