It's just human nature... right?

I see and talk to a lot of people every day. I am always amazed at the way people have such different ways of looking at how things are. I'm not talking just political or religious views, but emotional perspectives as well. Then you throw in pride and you have a whole new ball of wax. There was a situation where a particular person wanted to have a lot of professional work done. It was work for animals (emotional side) that was not necessarily necessary (economic side) this person was given many chances to say, OK, let's just do what is important, but they chose (pride) to go all the way and go into debt for something they really can't afford. Why? I guess they feel that they have signed on for a commitment of looking after animals that they have to do what they think is necessary, even though a professional has told them otherwise. I have watched the show with the hoarders, people who have filled their houses with so much stuff they don't even know what they have in their house anymore. One lady even bought the house next door to her to store all her "stuff". Why? Have we all turned into such a lonely miserable society that we need to put all our emotional turmoil onto animals and filling our lives with crap that does not challenge us or recharge us or even (dare I say it) love us? Why is the human the only species on the planet that seem to have these problems (an interesting side note, humans are the only species that have sex just for the sake of having sex). I mean you never see a gorilla sitting next to a mammoth pile of bananas, just because he doesn't have someone to love or something to do. The pack will always make sure that every gorilla is accepted and part of the clan... people don't do this. The pack will always have something to do, like grooming, flying through the trees, or just hanging out. Humans however measure their success and failures on how much they have, or how many friends they have. Let's face it, we humans just make things too difficult to just enjoy life and all the simple pleasures that it has to offer. We really need to take a clue from the animal part of the planet and try to just hang out, enjoy swinging from the trees occasionally and only stockpile as many bananas as you can eat in one go.
Till next time, hanging with my own pack,
Cat x