A yearning for financial security has been a feature of human life for millenia: both creating it and keeping it is a challenge. Adam Cox explores these anxieties and the value of planning ahead, preparing and doing 'due diligence' to reduce risk. But the key thing is to come to terms with the changes and chances of life: 'Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these'.
