BAD LUCK? GOOD LUCK? WHO KNOWS!!!!!

chanakyakripa

This is an ancient story of a farmer who used anold horse to till his fields. One day, the horse escaped into the hills andwhen the farmer's neighbors sympathized with the old man over his bad luck, thefarmer replied, "Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?" A week later, thehorse returned with a herd of horses from the hills and this time the neighborscongratulated the farmer on his good luck. His reply was, "Good luck? Badluck? Who knows?"

Then, when the farmer's son was attempting totame one of the wild horses, he fell off its back and broke his leg. Everyonethought this very bad luck. Not the farmer, whose only reaction was, "Badluck? Good luck? Who knows?"

Some weeks later, the army marched into thevillage and conscripted every able-bodied youth they found there. When they sawthe farmer's son with his broken leg, they let him off. Now was that good luckor bad luck?

Point: Who knows? Everything that seems on thesurface to be an evil may be a good in disguise. And everything that seems goodon the surface may really be an evil. So we are wise when we leave it to God todecide what is good fortune and what misfortune, and thank him that all thingsturn out for good with those who love him.

Raniyah

Thank you very much for sharing. It's a really inspirational story.. Most people worry about their current situation and spend time with sadness. After reading this story, I realized things may change and could give a different result than we think at the moment