Do you ask "Why"?

There’s something I don’t understand. Why is it that where I live on the East Coast, when there’s a forecast of snow, people rush to the grocery stores to buy bread and milk?

It’s not like we get snowed in for days at a time. If I’m rushing to the grocery store for anything when it snows, then it’s going to be something besides bread and milk. I can live without bread and milk. Toilet paper, now that’s a different matter. With a wife and two daughters, I am much more likely to run out of toilet paper than I am bread or milk. And what about batteries so in case the electricity goes out, I can see at night and won’t break a toe on the end table? And what about a can of beans or some good ole Spam—food that can be served cold?

I guess it’s just a matter of tradition. Snow is forecast. We buy bread and milk. Somebody thought it was a good idea somewhere along the way.

Sometimes it’s worth asking, “Why?” “Why do we do what we do?” So ask, “Why?” as you listen to life and make a life, not just a living today.