Good Luck Bad Luck Who Knows?

[Cheryl & Medo 3]

Good Luck Bad Luck!

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

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

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

Who knows?

Everything that seems on the surface to be an evil may be a good in disguise. And everything that seems good on the surface may really be an evil. So we are wise when we leave it to God to decide what is good fortune and what misfortune, and thank him that all things turn out for good with those who love him.

Author Unknown

[ninaoquinn 0]

Amen

[JVKn'CVO 11]

Very nice and true

Saludos,

Caro

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

I like that story Cheryl... thanks for posting it

[wael253 0]

Good Luck Bad Luck!

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

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

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

Who knows?

1-when the horse escaped into the hills .. ( bad luck ) .. coz the farmer had to till the field by himself for a whole week .

2-when the horse returned with a herd of horses from the hills .. ( bad luck ) .. coz the farmer needs to feed a herd of horss while he acutally needs one horse to do the work .

3- when the farmer's son fell off the horse back and broke his leg and was not able to join the army ..( bad luck ) coz probably he is going to be the village joke and will be ashamed that he is the only one who didn't join the army .

Everything that seems on the surface to be an evil may be a good in disguise. And everything that seems good on the surface may really be an evil. So we are wise when we leave it to God to decide what is good fortune and what misfortune, and thank him that all things turn out for good with those who love him.

i must agree

[Cheryl & Medo 3]

Who Knows?

[~~~water~~~ 0]

great story

[The_dip_sticks 0]

Nice post. Gave me a new angle to look at things in my life. Thanks

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

So true. So true.