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The Why me? question. Will make you think. mind body and soul. part 1

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How often do we have those "Why?" days? So many of us experience them; those days we question everything, and inevitably it is always from a negative perspective. "Why did this happen to me", "why is it always me that...", "how come that never happens to/for me", "it is always my..... is it never their/them…..", "why always my family...", and many more that I am sure we have either used or heard.  Isn't it interesting that our default mode is in the negative, rather than the positive.. I have never heard anyone complain, that their family is always the one that succeeds, or they are always the one to get the promotion, or even they wish they had less.. etc..  Even those who have more than many of us will ever have, such as, Sam Smith; who has fame, fortune, big house with grounds, a pool etc.. He still complained during #lockdown . It is almost as we always want more, or better, or greater etc..  However, I wonder if Tru

A simple way to get more toilet paper, be selfish.

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I find it interesting how in a post millennial society, where one is encouraged to be an individual, a large number of people still adhere to pack mentality.  We see examples of this every day when one person begins crossing a road, several others follow etc. One person sees a bargain in a shop and soon word of mouth gets around. One person dies from toilet roll starvation and soon the nation is in fear for its life, in case it starves from toilet paper hunger.  In all seriousness, why do we panic buy? Why is it those with money and poses the most starve and restrict the most needy. The elderly who lives on a pension, having saved the nation from occupation now can't eat because the neighbours have gone in their cars and bought all the bread, flour, pasta etc etc. Before the pensioner has managed to catch the bus to the same shop.  People talk about "war time conditions", but ask those who have lived in such times, they will tell you a different story. One of neighbours l