I am reminded of a piece of advice in a book that I am reading, 'The only way to beat the tyranny of the urgent is to get ahead of it and prevent it from ever happening in the first place.' I think that a good amount of problems would be taken care of if only people would prepare for negative eventualities. When you do get back on your feet spend time preparing to not get knocked off of your feet. :)
A few years ago I read an article about a person that was on a fixed income. The person had (say) $700 per month coming in, and the persons monthly expenses were (something like $800 per month. The deficit was to be made up via the savings account.
This type of lifestyle went on for a number of years, and then the person wrote an article saying that they would be homeless if the issue was not resolved in the next few months.
Human beings are good at painting ourselves into a corner
But why do humans have this talent?
Jeremiah 17:9-11
9
The heart is deceitful above all things
and beyond cure.
Who can understand it?
10
“I the Lord search the heart
and examine the mind,
to reward each person according to their conduct,
according to what their deeds deserve.”
11
Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay
are those who gain riches by unjust means.
When their lives are half gone, their riches will desert them,
and in the end they will prove to be fools.
In an odd twist of fate people are trying to create a fair financial system that is completely void of moral checks and balances. The system is called cryptocurriencies, a building (or human life) cannot successfully be built without a foundation (morality)