Lucky or Unlucky ?

Lucky or Unlucky ?

There is an ancient Chinese story of an old man whose attitude in looking at life totally different from others in his village.

Apparently the old man had only one horse, and one day his horse run away. The neighbors come and have mercy on him, telling him how they feel sorry for the misfortune that happened to him.

The answer is to make them wonder.

"But how do you know that misfortune?" he asked.

A few days later the horse home, and go with him two horses wild. Now the old man had three horses. This time, its neighbors congratulate him on his good fortune.

"But how do you know it luck?" he replied.

The next day, while one is trying to tame a wild horse, her son fell and broke his leg.

Once again, the neighbors came, this time to comfort the old man because of his son's accident.

"But how do you know that misfortune?" he asked.

This time, all of its neighbors draw the conclusion that the old chaotic mind and no longer want to deal with it.

However, the next day the war came to the village authorities and take all the healthy men to take to the battlefield. But the son of the old man did not participate were taken, because the body is not healthy!

We're all going to live a quieter life if we do not be too hasty to pass judgment events that occurred. Even what we hate the most, and that is still causing a negative reaction if the unthinkable by us, may play a positive role in our lives.

(Be proactive: enlarge the interval space between stimulus and response ..... :)