Daily Carry for LifeWe all have an assortment of daily carry items that indicate and dictate what we are and do. They are also indicative of how we operate in our daily lives. Think about it. What type of clothes do you wear. Are they a part of what you do for a living? Are they incidental? Does your clothing make concealed carry of a handgun easy or difficult? Are you electronically oriented? Or are you a pen and paper person? If you lay out all the items that go with you daily, it wouldn't take a rocket scientist to determine how you operate daily. I have made it clear here what I do for a living, but if you look at the picture below, you can tell basically what I do and how I operate.
All the items above go with me daily and none are left behind. If I forget something, I go back and get it. But that's not usual because my daily routine includes packing all those items. Daily carry of the Bible is the center of my life and what I believe. What I do for a living, who I'm married to, ministry, who my friends are, how I act in public, how I do business, and this website reflects the influence of the Bible on my life. The Bible either in paper or electronic form is somewhere nearby 24/7.
The center of my working and personal universe everyday is my laptop computer. I use it for personal records and finance, to compose Bible lessons, letters, communicate, make decisions, to study, etc, etc, etc,. Daily carry of my laptop is not optional. It goes to work and home every day.
My cell phone is a daily carry item that has to be with me. It is not just a means of convenient communication, but in many cases a lifeline in life or death situations we deal with as staff pastors on a church. I keep my cell phone with me daily, and make sure I can be reached if I'm away from my office. I have operated in life before there were cell phones but I don't remember how. Forgetting my cell phone makes me feel as uncomfortable as if I'd forgotten my pants.
Now this may seem trivial until you work and/or live around a generation of techies that don't carry one. A pen.
I work with about a half dozen young adults that do not carry paper, pen, pencil or any other means of recording information except electronic. Nor do they carry cash. It's pretty funny in our staff meetings to watch them start scrambling for something to write with when a writing implement is needed for something. The attitude of not handling or possessing any paper is almost cultish among young, technologically advanced young adults. They are almost as helpless as many people my age when a computer is required for something. This is a matter of needing to grow up a little and being prepared for the reality of a world that still requires writing implements in a great deal of society. It is one of the few generational oddities that makes me glad I'm 52. My GLOCK 22 is a daily carry item that is also with me without exception, carried in my briefcase when I am wearing dress clothes.
Or I carry it in a Galco inside the waistband holster when wearing casual clothes.
The Ruger SP101 is a daily carry in my vehicle except when I am headed out into the woods for a workout or when I am wearing heaving clothing and coats during the winter. In those cases I carry it in my pocket or a holster covered by a jacket or coat.
Learning to live daily maximizing your opportunities for self defense takes some work and practice. But when it becomes routine, it's as simple as the act of slipping your cell phone on your belt. All these items stay with me daily and are as much a part of my life as eating and sleeping. Carrying the guns at first was a challenge that was a little awkward and a little intimidating at first, but now is as natural as getting dressed. As Christians, God's word should be ever near. As citizens, daily carry of implements of self defense should be a daily presence in our lives.
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