Primal Needs

When I was younger a team of myself and twelve others spent time in a very harsh environment an environment not suited for human habitation it very quickly became abundantly clear that our basic needs are paramount shelter from the elements and a full belly at the very least a belly that does not rumble with the emptiness of hunger to be warm and safe and to have a belly content enough not to rumble are primal needs unquestioned needs having them bestows upon us the uplifting pride of accomplishment and a feeling that leans towards contentment that their lack vehemently denies us they satisfy something vital something fundamental to our very being something that resides deep within us many of us have these basic needs we have shelter and we have food but take both for granted we never stop to appreciate what a truly wonderful thing it is to be warm and safe and possessed of a belly that does not rumble with the emptiness of hunger so we strive for all manner of things in a constant quest to satisfy an essential part of who we are that which is fundamental to our very being endlessly looking constantly striving for something that we already possess.