God taketh and He giveth. We are born and we die, just like the sun rises, it sets.
My takeaway is that prepping is just a continuation of following our Boy Scout motto, "Be Prepared".
Lord Baden Powell (aka B-P) founded Scouting and was no stranger to what our world could throw at someone. The current mess Scouting finds itself in is a glaring symptom of the decay we are now surrounded with.
The thing I'm Looking forward to is clarity. Win, lose or draw, knowing the games is truly "on" and actually moving forward is preferable to the suspense that has been building for years now.
Many wrongs cry for being righted. Many villains are in need of joining their just rewards. And if this is to be done one way or the other doesn't matter so much as we are able to get on with it.