“How did you go bankrupt? Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises
Some things just happen and some things appear to happen all of a sudden but have been happening for a while.
Ecclesiastes 10:18
By much slothfulness the building decayeth;
and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
The roof collapses all of a sudden, but the deterioration took place over a long time.
Some consequences spring upon you in an instant like a finger in a mousetrap, but some build up before bursting like the pressure in an overinflated tire. The tire blows in an instant, but the conditions that led the explosion occurred over time.
Some things are emergencies from the git go like a grease fire in the kitchen, but some emergencies evolve like an engine running on old oil. The engine eventually gets so hot that it locks up and when it does it happens in a moment, but that moment was days in the making.
All that to say, there are enough real emergencies in life that you could not have foreseen or prevented, do not create more emergencies for yourselves by putting off preventable problems.
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