Heroes Not Zombies

You can never have too many umbrellas!

I can’t tell you how many umbrellas I’ve had flip inside out terminally in a Glasgow winter. I even brought a super strong one back from Tokyo where I saw people using umbrellas to try and protect themselves in the middle of a cyclone out in the streets, but it only lasted a couple of seasons.

I was surprised to see people walking about with umbrellas up in the middle of summer in several Asian countries until I realised they were protecting themselves from the Sun. Not a concept I, a Scot, was previously familiar with.

I’ve long had a habit of keeping a small collapsible umbrella in my bag no matter the weather when I leave my house because, well, you just never know….

Shelter, is right at the base of Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs. So why don’t we organise our world to provide shelter to everyone? Is that beyond our imagination and genius?

Of course, I don’t mean why don’t we make sure everyone has an umbrella!! Ha! Ha! I mean why not make it a priority and a political and economic goal to enable everyone to have a decent, well insulated, sustainable home?

Just for starters anyway……..