I realised today due to workload that I am going to have to work over the weekend to get things done and a great old chinese story came to mind - so I share it with you here...
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poor farmer’s horse ran off into the country of the barbarians. All his
neighbors offered their condolences, but his father said, “How do you
know that this isn’t good fortune?” After a few months the horse
returned with a barbarian horse of excellent stock. All his neighbors
offered their congratulations, but his father said, “How do you know
that this isn’t a disaster?”
The two horses bred, and the family became
rich in fine horses. The farmer’s son spent much of his time riding
them; one day he fell off and broke his hipbone. All his neighbors
offered the farmer their condolences, but his father said, “How do you
know that this isn’t good fortune?”
Another year passed, and the
barbarians invaded the frontier. All the able-bodied young men were
conscripted, and nine-tenths of them died in the war. Thus good fortune
can be disaster and vice versa.
Who can tell how events will be
transformed?
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