#Story 1
An old man and his son worked a small farm, with only one horse to pull the plow. One day, the horse ran away.
"how terrible," sympathized the neighbors, "What bad luck."
"Who knows whether it is a bad luck or good luck," the farmer replied.
A week later, the horse returned from the mountains, leading five wild mares into the barn.
"What wonderful luck!" said the neighbors.
"Good luck? bad luck? who knows?" answered the old man.
The next day, the son, trying to tame one of the horses, fell and broke his leg.
"How terrible. What bad luck!"
"Bad luck? Good luck?"
The army came to all the farms to take the young men for war, but the farmer's son was of no use to them, so he was spared.
"Good? Bad?"
[ mare: A fully mature female horse; barn: A large farm used for storing hay, grain, etc ]
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The situations we are in might have some treasures hidden inside, some greater purpose which is to be understood later on perhaps. There are no accidents, everything has a purpose.
We don't seek pain, but if pain comes we should use it.
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#Story 2
In a small fishing village in Japan, there lived a young, unmarried woman who gave birth to a child. Her parents felt disgraced and demanded to know the identity of the father. Afraid, she refused to tell them. The fisherman she loved had told her, secretly, that he was going off to seek his fortune and would return to marry her. Her parents persisted. In desperation, she named Hakuin, a monk who lived in the hills, as the father.
Outraged, the parents took the infant girl up to his door, pounded until he opened it, and handed him the baby, saying, "This child is yours, you must care for it!"
"Is that so?" Hakuin said, taking the child in his arms, waving good-bye to the parents.
A year passed and the real father returned to marry the woman. At once they went to Hakuin to beg for the return of the child. "We must have our daughter," they said.
"Is that so?" said Hakuin, handling the child to them.
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I will leave it to you to wonder about the lesson behind it...
Till then...
Smile... :)
An old man and his son worked a small farm, with only one horse to pull the plow. One day, the horse ran away.
"how terrible," sympathized the neighbors, "What bad luck."
"Who knows whether it is a bad luck or good luck," the farmer replied.
A week later, the horse returned from the mountains, leading five wild mares into the barn.
"What wonderful luck!" said the neighbors.
"Good luck? bad luck? who knows?" answered the old man.
The next day, the son, trying to tame one of the horses, fell and broke his leg.
"How terrible. What bad luck!"
"Bad luck? Good luck?"
The army came to all the farms to take the young men for war, but the farmer's son was of no use to them, so he was spared.
"Good? Bad?"
[ mare: A fully mature female horse; barn: A large farm used for storing hay, grain, etc ]
---
The situations we are in might have some treasures hidden inside, some greater purpose which is to be understood later on perhaps. There are no accidents, everything has a purpose.
We don't seek pain, but if pain comes we should use it.
---
#Story 2
In a small fishing village in Japan, there lived a young, unmarried woman who gave birth to a child. Her parents felt disgraced and demanded to know the identity of the father. Afraid, she refused to tell them. The fisherman she loved had told her, secretly, that he was going off to seek his fortune and would return to marry her. Her parents persisted. In desperation, she named Hakuin, a monk who lived in the hills, as the father.
Outraged, the parents took the infant girl up to his door, pounded until he opened it, and handed him the baby, saying, "This child is yours, you must care for it!"
"Is that so?" Hakuin said, taking the child in his arms, waving good-bye to the parents.
A year passed and the real father returned to marry the woman. At once they went to Hakuin to beg for the return of the child. "We must have our daughter," they said.
"Is that so?" said Hakuin, handling the child to them.
---
I will leave it to you to wonder about the lesson behind it...
Till then...
Smile... :)