Kashif Moon

Pakistan

Are you prepared?

Cook was the man living in the coastal area of Florida. He was in the habit of spending less time on his work and roaming around in the neighborhood, gathering news, and poking his nose into others’ matters. While one day he had just started his leisure walk, he came across a strange activity; John was digging up the ground all along the walls of his house. Tom stopped a few yards away; stood still and observed the activity in silence. He saw that John was filling the base of each wall of the house with concrete. After a few minutes when he could not comprehend, he enquired, ’’Hey, John. Why in such a lovely season of flowers do you work so hard to protect your house, while I don’t see any danger of flood or earthquake? There is no forecast of them either.’’

John replied: “Will I have time to prepare against the flood when it hits the walls of my house?…”