If I start to think: What do I need to purchase and store in order to survive two weeks, what I do is look for items and food stuff that may carry me (or me and my family) over a stretch of time. I can do that, but then I fall into the first horn a) -- I turn antisocial and take part in creating an atmosphere of shortage and fear. I begin to think in terms of my survival while forgetting others and take part in creating a climate in which the law of the jungle is not far away. And if I don't want to create (or take part in creating) such a climate, I either ignore what is going around, and with that potentially dangerous situations, or refuse to think at all, by which I fall into the second horn b).

My way-out with regard to both is to ask: How do I need to prepare in order to be best capable of assisting and supporting others?

What then comes into focus is preparation and storage of stuff that not necessarily benefit me, but may prove invaluable to others.

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