The things that matter....

It is the little things, they say, that make life worth living, words that carry great weight at a time when a speck of badly-behaving matter, so minute that only the most powerful electron microscopes can etc, etc, is causing worldwide chaos and ruin. Scaled up to our everyday lives, this same speck is providing store keepers and supermarket chains everywhere with a thorough evaluation of their stocks, a salutatory lesson in what really matters in our lives: soap, toilet roll, nappies, tissues, bread, milk, teabags, fresh produce, frozen produce, in fact, every type of produce. And still sitting pretty, amid the barren wasteland of empty shelves, are a myriad chocolate eggs and chocolate boxes, all packaged glamorously in anticipation of Easter, a lonely and heartbreaking sight. And seldom in a lifetime have the minutest of minor victories meant so much to so many people, like happening upon the last packet of chicken goujons in Aldi, and the third-last bar of Dove soap in Waitrose. I could go on and on, but I have made my point and to finish, I will say that it is a pleasure to hear shoppers telling the lady or gent seated at the checkout to “stay well” and actually mean it – egad! Maybe we are human, after all. Like I said, it is the little things that matter. On that note, I hope all you readers stay well etc, etc…..