history: I had just packed a roadside emergency kit in my car when a snowstorm hit and stranded me on a back road. I am so glad that I decided to pack a kit for my car in case of bad winter weather.
current: I bet you are, that's some pretty good foresight right there! Did you have to use it this past winter?
next: I did, two days after packing it we had a blizzard and my tire went flat out in the middle of it. I would have been very unhappy had I not packed it.