When life hands you lemons, the tough get going.
Think of the economy as 'the Climate' and recession as 'the Weather'.
I would venture to guess that many (most, actually) of us are aware that adverse weather events will from time to time have some deleterious effect on our lives and so we prepare the best we can (or at least minimally) in advance. No doubt there are some weather events that will kill us no matter what we do to prepare, but in most cases our preparations help us get back to normal faster than we would have done without them.
Recessions are better than weather because are more predictable and absolutely certain to happen.
And they always precede a period of growth.
Even better, for those who are well prepared, is the fact that recessions are a time of opportunity.
Here's just one example
