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There is a Chinese story of a farmer who used an old horse to till his
fields. One day, the horse escaped into the hills and when the farmer's
neighbors sympathized with the old man over his bad luck, the farmer
replied, "Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?" A week later, the horse
returned with a herd of horses from the hills and this time the
neighbors congratulated the farmer on his good luck. His reply was,
"Good luck? Bad luck? Who knows?"
Then, when the farmer's son
was attempting to tame one of the wild horses, he fell off its back and
broke his leg. Everyone thought this very bad luck. Not the farmer,
whose only reaction was, "Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?"
Some
weeks later, the army marched into the village and conscripted every
able-bodied youth they found there. When they saw the farmer's son with
his broken leg, they let him off. Now was that good luck or bad luck?
Who knows?
Everything
that seems on the surface to be an evil may be a good in disguise. And
everything that seems good on the surface may really be an evil. So we
are wise when we leave it to God to decide what is good fortune and
what misfortune, and thank him that all things turn out for good with
those who love him.
Link:
http://blog.bitcomet.com/post/45590/
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