SIR GUESTLING THORN

 Day 254

Word of the day from Susie LATIBULATE to hide ones self in a corner in order to avoid reality!

Well we wanted to leave Europe and now they won’t let us in! I don’t know what the solution (if there is one) to controlling or minimising the virus is but we are all responsible to try. I don’t know if lockdowns, tiers or masks are the answer (I respectfully suggest they are not). We have to be smarter, slicker, more attuned to the prevailing circumstances. This pandemic is not just about catching Covid (whichever strain) it is about eating sensibly, exercise and generally looking after yourself, not just now but in the future. This is just as important as any other form of prevention. If we all try to do every thing we can to be healthy we will put less pressure on our NHS, which was under enough even before this. It has become to easy to run to the medical profession for whatever reason, physical or mental. We owe it to each other to remain vigilant and keep well. There are many whose health is not good and many who are never going to recover or need long term care. We cannot stop illness, disease, injury, accidents, reckless behaviour or any of the other myriad reasons that medical assistance or care is required. We can individually take responsibility for ourselves. I know it is not always easy and your income or lack of it can dictate how well you can live. Most of us understand the reasons that cause so many of our health probems, we have known them for a long time and yet it seems, in spite of our collective knowledge, we don’t learn (or don’t want to!). We worry about shortages, lack of food in the shops, we stockpile in the panic of usually a non existent need. We have never had so much choice or produce at our disposal. Think of how much food we all throw away every day? We could not starve if we wanted to, we are spoilt rotten and are still ungrateful! Even if there were shortages, so what! It’s wonderful for most to live in a world where we have so much choice and things are plentiful but we still need to be mindful of our responsibilities. We live in the best of times and the worst of times but we have choices, so act wisely and make sensible ones!

Stay well