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I do remember my good old school days when I learnt this proverb " A Stitch in Time Saves Nine". And to explain this my mom had given me an example of a cloth or woolen sweater where a single missing thread spoils the entire sweater. I was convinced at that time that how a stitch saves a sweater or a cloth from further damages.
In this life, we experience many such things everyday. No matter that is cooking food or maintaining relations with people or studies or maintaining our vehicles.
Such simple things are happening with us but we fail to understand this. Let me recall one incidence when I used to go on a bicycle to my school. It was monsoon in India. And my bicycle was stuck in mud, A lot of mud...But I did not care much. I just took of some mud with a stick and went to the school. Few days later that wet mud solidified and became hard. Still, I went on and did nothing about it. Finally one fine day, the chain of the bicycle simply got damaged
and it broke. What was this??? Results of my one mistake of not cleaning the mud at a time.
Similar things happen with us everyday but we tend to neglect them. Most of the time a stitch has to do with timely doing our activities. I can say that it is our laziness that comes into picture most of the times. I would be wrong if I say that this has not happened with almost everyone who owns a vehicle. We know that the gas needs to be filled. Still, we continue till it reaches its lowest level and then realise that it is a high time.
Similar is the case in case of a minor wound that turns into a major if not taken care in time...So, again it leads to the same point that "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
Softwares, a buzzword is no exception to this. "Backups", "Backups"....what is an importance? No backup = 100% critical risk in software..I can say that "A backup a day, keeps risk away...".
Similarly a simple small leak if prevented in time will definitely save a lot in future. Money, efforts, tensions, resources and everything will be saved.
This is also true in case of bad habits..If habits can be changed at early stage, they will save a lot in future.
Students have tendency to complete journals at eleventh hour or studying for exam at eleventh hour. Is that fruitful? Not sure..It works assuming all other conditions are favourable. I do remember my first year of computer engineering when I had decided to study for "Applied Mechanics", a tough subject indeed, one week before exam. It happened that I had a theft in that week at my place and the time just flew in enquires by police, cleaning all the stuff at home and crying over the spilt milk !! My luck still favoured me to get good marks. But I realized that we should not procastinate.
And finally what does a stitch in time saves? What is that nine? Nine dollars? Nine stitches? Hmmm..So,to summarise, "If you fix a problem now when it is small it will not take much to fix. But if you wait, the problem will get more out of hand and require more work to repair."
But of course, it is 100% true that stitch in haste is a waste....!!
» left by a friend from NJ (2 years 144 days ago.)
coool....every proverb has its own value... Respond to this comment
» left by Ninad from Bangalore (2 years 144 days ago.)
Interesting article, left me wondering what is that NINE for?
Hmm, I searched through net... 'nine' was introduced for assonance. Respond to this comment
» left by YASEEN from pakistan (287 days ago.)
A STICH IN TIME SAVES NINE MEAN if you have to do the work in proper time and with full determination then u can maximize u output. Respond to this comment
» left by Mille from Lokhandwala (India) (237 days 18 hours ago.)
it was a wonderful article Respond to this comment
» left by pramod from delhi (234 days 21 hours ago.)
it was gud and the very fact to be implemented... Respond to this comment
» left by kim from korea (190 days 8 hours ago.)
Let me recall one incidence :incidence-> incident(?)
» left by tasnim from qatar (180 days 18 hours ago.)
so gud. used it 4 an oral presentation in my class and ppl just got touched and i'm sure whover reads this article or listen to it will never 4get it!
» left by pinky surti (139 days 16 hours ago.)
was very helpful for my public speaking class thank you for writing such article and helping student like us.EXCELLENT WORK DONE!
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