FIVE LEVELS OF SURVIVAL NEEDS
1. Bodily Needs 2. Personal Safety 3. Friends and Family 4. Self Esteem 5. Self Actualization
Holding down the middle position on the stairway up from basic Bodily Needs
to the top tier position of Self Actualization
is Friends and Family. Supportive behavior towards folks close to us fills a need in us and in loved ones. When unfamiliar and unwanted pressures fall in our laps due to radical changes in what had been normal daily routines, stressed behavior modes are more likely to "take it out" on friends and family. This projection of our own frustrations assuages our own frustrations at dealing with the situation, when there may not be bread and butter on the table.
Tumultuous changes as extreme as those projected by the Global Warners militate against our best behaviors.
The song's lyrics say, "People who need people are the luckiest people in the world."
