dugged this out somewhere in my e-mail....
Here is a really interesting story. I enjoyed it
as it is offers both humour and food for thought.
Hope it will give you encouragement even though
sometimes we perceived things to be in a bad light.
P.S. - a good thing to emulate this chap in the story when
circumstances come our way by having this attitude - "Good or bad,
hard to say!"
Once upon a time, there was a king. The king liked one of
his followers very much because he was very wise and
always gave very useful advice.
Therefore the king took him along wherever he went.
One day, the king was bitten by a dog, the finger was
injured and the wound was getting worse. He
asked the follower if that was a bad sign. The follower said,
Good
or bad, hard to say'. In the end, the finger of the king was too
bad
that had to be cut.
The king asked the follower again if that was a bad sign. Again,
the
follower gave the same answer, 'Good or bad,
hard to say'. The king became very angry and sent the
follower to prison.
One day, the king went hunting in the jungle. He got excited when
he was on the chase of a deer. Deeper and deeper he went inside the
jungle.In the end he found himself lost in the jungle. To make
thing worse, he got captured by the native people lived inside the
jungle.
They wanted to sacrifice him to their god. But when they noticed
that
the king had one finger short, they released him immediately as
he
was not a perfect man anymore and not suitable for sacrifice. The
king managed to get back to his palace after all. And he
finally
understood the follower's wise quote, 'Good or bad, hard to say'.
If he hadn't lost one finger, he could have been killed by the
native people.
He ordered to release the follower, and apologized to
him. But to the king amazed, the follower was not mad at him
at all. Instead, the follower said, 'It wasn't a bad thing that
you
locked me up.'
Why? Because if the king hadn't locked the follower up, he would
have brought the follower along to the jungle. If the native found
that the king was not suitable, they would have used the follower.
Again, the quote 'Good or bad, hard to say' stands.
The moral of the story -
Everything that happens in this world, there is no absolute good
or
bad. Sometimes good things turned out to be bad things eventually,
while bad things become a gain. Whatever good things that happen to
you, enjoy it, but don't have to hold too tight to it, treat it as
a surprise in your life.Whatever bad things that happen to you,
don't have to feel too sad or despair, in the end, it might not be
a total bad thing after all.
If one can understand this, he or she will find life much
easier.
Cheers & smile often won't you???
