Good luck? ... bad luck?...who Knows????

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

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  • Thank you for your comment.

    Saad Ali said:
    Thank you for that good story.You are right we should thank our God for eveything good or bad
  • Thank you for that good story.You are right we should thank our God for eveything good or bad
  • God moves in a mysterious way ...
  • Hello Joes,

    I agree, things that sometimes can be felt as "bad luck" can later, according to the events, be seing as "good luck"
    So would be better not to worry to much about what is happening to us... but it's easier to say it than to put it into practice !

    Forget-me-not
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