PRUDENCE
The virtue of protecting yourself with provisions and space and time.
Two business men were competing for trade between Rome and Egypt.
The prudent camel caravan leader knew the trip takes three days when things go well,
but he also knew sand storms could blow and last for hours or days.
So he took enough water to get them over the desert even if a sandstorm blew in.
The presumptuous leader of the competition caravan thought he would make faster time
if he did not load his camels down by carrying extra water.
Guess who died in the desert when the extra long sand storm hit.
The prudent man had to buy an extra camel to carry the extra water,
but that kept him alive.
What ways in your life or your acquaintances life has this story applied?
For want of a nail a shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe a horse was lost.
For want of a horse, a kingdom was lost.
The prudent man takes ample care for the small and little things
for the huge ocean beach that contains the water of life
is built with little grains of sand.
The little things are what the high-roller ignores.
Extra hay in the barn.
Keeping on working after the first sale of the day.
Accumulating a little extra each and every day.
Keeping on working when you have enough so you can build up a stock pile of reserve extra cash.
Keeping on working to build extra cash.
And on the counter-balance side, not working so hard at one strech that you get sick or weak and can't work.
It's not just about money and working for money, it is what ever you're facing.
The prudent mountain climber does not over-reach. The imprudent climber tries to reach too far at one time and falls.
That is an example of being prudent with space, spatial connections.
Other examples apply to time.
Marching armies carefully calculate the connections between how far and how fast they must travel and how much rest they need when they arrive so they can fight the battle.
Napolean and Hitler failed invading Russia because they were presumptuous instead of prudent about time and distance and supplies.
George Washington succeeded in his goal against the British because he was prudent in many things where an impudent man would have failed.
Husbandry and Teaching
Reproducing after its own kind
Repeating pattern
students need to hear repetition, stating the same thing , to gain complete and right
understanding
The major premise can be repeated exactly and learned word for word
Explanations often need to be given with several different examples.