When you see a little old lady in the street, don't write her off. Behind that wrinkled face is a wealth of wisdom on how to survive this life and possibly to know the way safely into the next. In the past I have made the mistake of thinking all that you see now is the sum total of a person. I remember being amazed when a little old lady told me she used to be an ice skater. Wow, that was a surprise. You see, if like me you have reached nearly 71(Yes I've got to that stage where I'm beginning to boast about my age), well if you have got this far you must be a survivor and have some stories to tell to pass on the wisdom. So if you have any sense you will befriend an old lady and get her to tell you her secrets and how to survive too. Why struggle on your own when a well of knowledge is living in your street.
When something very nasty comes our way we can only take in some much of the horror of the situation and then our minds protect us by putting us into a state of denial. It's all very well sitting cozy in the middle of a storm, but by doing that you can put others at risk. It is tempting to think that the corona virus situation is not real and won't touch you and your family, to think that somehow the heads of state who appeared so lately to be at loggerheads are in fact manufacturing the whole thing for their own purposes. Just see how the mind wants to divert us from the awful truth. Do you realize we could be on the point of the total collapse of civilization? That's why people panic buy because inside they realize food production and distribution could break down. Of course the little store they have been able to stash away will not last long. Deny us our food and we turn into much nastier human beings, well no that's the way we always were but this brings out...
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