Hope for the best, plan for the worst

Positivity is essential.
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Proverb: Hope for the best, plan for the worst

Positivity is essential.

Positive people are well-liked and generally enjoy life more than those who are negative.

However, we have to be practical.

That’s where the proverb hope for the best, plan for the worst comes in.

We have to remain hopeful in the face of adversity, but we also have to do everything we can to help ourselves.

To say Japan is a country prone to earthquakes is an understatement.

Yet, many people here remain unprepared for a significant quake.

Proverbs condense the wisdom of our ancestors into neat little lines that are easy to remember.

Naturally, nobody wishes for an earthquake.

Thinking about them can become quite stressful.

That said, the best way to survive one, or the aftermath of one, is to prepare beforehand: hope for the best, plan for the worst.

The same goes for life in general.

There’s a lot of stuff happening in the world right now.

There’s a possibility of WWIII and a recession in the near future.

We could continue on a path of happiness or find ourselves in a world of hurt.

Start putting away some money, and be sure to keep some cash on hand in case of cyberattacks that disrupt the banking system.

You may think this is being paranoid, but by that assessment, so is storing bottled water and food in preparation for natural disasters.

Hope for the best, plan for the worst are words to live by.

If you prepare for bad things while you’re happy, you’ll feel happier when bad things happen.

This post is understandable by someone with at least a 7th-grade education (age 12).

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