There once lived a farmer.
He had a son and a horse.
One day the farmer’s horse ran away, and all his neighbors came to console him, saying: “What bad luck that your horse has run away!”
And the old man replied: “Who knows if it’s good luck or bad luck.”
“Of course it’s bad luck!” said the neighbors.
Within a week, the farmer’s horse returned home, followed by twenty wild horses.
The farmer’s neighbors came to celebrate, saying: “What good luck that you have your horse back – plus another twenty!”
And the old man replied: “Who knows if it’s good luck or bad luck!”
The next day the farmer’s son was riding amongst the wild horses, and fell and broke his leg.
The neighbors came to console him, saying: “What bad luck!”
And the farmer said: “Who knows if it’s good or bad luck!”
And some of the neighbors were angry, and said: “Of course it’s bad luck, you silly old fool!”
Another week went by, and an army came through town, enlisting all the fit young men to fight in distant lands.
The farmer’s son, with his broken leg, was left behind.
All the neighbors came to celebrate, saying: “What good luck that your son was left behind!”
And the farmer said: “Who knows?”
We can spend our whole lives figuring everything out. “This is good, that is bad...”
It is futile.
We label events as “disasters” when what we only see is one percent of the picture.😒
You see...
When you're going through a rough time, keep this in mind.
Every single person on earth has problems of his own, young or old, wealthy or poor, healthy or sick.
You may look around and see happy faces. You may look around and see that everyone else's life is perfect because they have what you wish you had or what they want to have.
Do you realize that that's how people look at you too? Do you realize that, to some people, you may seem like the happiest person on earth with the most perfect life? You may be feeling like you're living in a blur.
You may not care about how you interact with those around you because you're so engulfed in your own troubles. You may think they don't even care about how you treat them because they're already happy. What difference is your smile or nice gesture going to make, right? Wrong.
You may not be strong enough to draw a smile on your face when you're troubled, but others are. Their troubles may be bigger than yours, worse than yours, and more hurtful than yours.
Just because they don't talk about their troubles doesn't mean they don't exist. So, before you look at others and assume things about their lives or judge them for doing the things that they do, think of how they could be looking at your life and thinking the same.
Once you accept this fact, life becomes on your side. Happiness will seep through the broken pieces of your soul, and contentment will sew them back together.
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