As I sat thinking about what I needed to do in anticipation of Hurricane Irene I was reminded of Tom Lehrer and the song: "Be Prepared". What came to mind was the irony of preparedness minimizing disasters, sometimes resulting in people wondering why they spent so much time preparing when nothing untoward had happened. Naturally, many never realized that the safety they experienced was not luck but in their preparedness.Just as a depressed person has so often taken medicine, felt better, and then assumed the medication was unnecessary because they felt good, whereupon the cessation of the meds plunged them back into depression.
Consequences seem to be no longer in the 'what-might-have-been-if-I-hadn't realm' but are now lost in the 'what-a-waste-of-time-all-that-work-was' when nothing terrible happened. We must keep in mind, "Luck is where opportunity and preparation meet." For centuries we heard about the Three Little Pigs and how the smart, industrious and responsible one built his house of brick. We also learned that the lazy ones who had played while he was working benefited by moving into his house when theirs failed to keep them safe.
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