Good Morning!
I was reminded last week of an old parable from WAY-Back. I can’t remember the original source. But thought I’d share…
It‘s about optimism, but yet, not taking things for granted either.
Joe, a wise old farmer and his son had only a large cow to help them run the farm. The townspeople all thought he was very lucky to have such a healthy animal to help.
Farmer replied : “Maybe yes, Maybe no”.
One night, the cow was stolen. Really?
The towns people assembled, hmm. “Too bad. In fact, bad luck for you Joe.” Joe replied. “Maybe yes, maybe no.”
About a week later, a huge sandstorm rolled through and brought with it a pack a wild horses, all rushing through town.
“Father”, shouted Joe’s son; “I managed to lasso 2 horses as they ran through! They can help us on the farm.”
And the townspeople turned once again to Joe, “Lucky you! You have 2 horses to help.”
Father replied; “Maybe yes, maybe no.”
The son went out to try and break-in one of the wild horses. He was thrown from the saddle and broke his leg.
Again the townspeople were quick to assess this; “Old man Joe, you have such bad luck with your farm. Very bad luck indeed.”
And the farmer replied; “Maybe yes, maybe no.”
The next week, a war was declared. The army came by to scoop up all the young men to go to war.
When they got to Joe’s farm, his son could not walk because of his broken leg. The recruiting men left the boy to stay on the farm.
“Lucky?” says Joe. “Maybe Yes, maybe no.” And the story continues…
What is great about this parable? No anger, no shame, no shouting or bad behavior. Clean and simple.
In this crazy world of uncertainty, unrest, angst, worry and fear, we could let life unroll as it should…
DO what you can to take charge of what you’ve been given and believe that all will work out.
The message here: Give thanks every day, open your mind to receive and ride through the storms.
Try to do things that make you happy and learn to let go. Embrace what is important TODAY.
Life gets easier when you stop looking for trouble, anger and controlling issues.
Enjoy the journey, wherever it takes you, feng shui works wherever you are.
Life can be better…
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