Good sense

 from "Old Collection"

An insert from a church bulletin perhaps from Bob Jones University (Do Right Daily), 2005

A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. 

~Proverbs 27:12

Every year before we open college the business manager, Bob Jr., and I talk things over. We figure the minimum income and the maximum outgo. We never figure the maximum income. We figure the minimum income. The business manager says, "Well, we should have so much a month this year, and we will probably have to spend on an average so much a month." I say, "Now, let's think this over just a little. Don't you think we had better cut down that income? Something might happen. An epidemic might come. A building might burn. Something might disturb our plans." Cut down your income. Add to your outgo. Figure on the worst, but hope for the best.

A wise general out to win a battle always figures that the first lines may not hold. He figures the second may not hold, and the third may not hold, and so on. He figures on the worst and hopes for the best. That is good sense.