Marvin's Ideas

“Be prepared”, this is what my mother always tells me every time I leave the house. I always answer her “yes” because I don’t really understand why she always wanted me to be prepared. Recently, we had very good conversation and with that I was able to ask her about my concern on why she always tells me to be prepared. So I asked her with a very interested looks on my face. I told her, “Ma, I every time I leave the house you always says to me that to be prepared. Why is it so that you keep on repeating it for so many times? ”. I know that she was surprised and at the same time she tends to show me that she cares. Mother said “Hmmm, Well! You need to be prepared so that you won’t be surprised of the things that might happen to you. I tell you, everything is not a surprise. It’s just a matter of expecting the worst and prepare for it”. I was confused on what she wants to say but she told me that when I’m on the actual scenario of a real-life event, I will be able to realize that things are worth preparing for.