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Parable of the Chinese Farmer
AnotherDawg
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I'm sure some of you have heard this in one form or another, but for those who haven't, now seems like a good time to post it.
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Once there was a Chinese farmer who worked his poor farm together with his son and their horse. When the horse ran off one day, neighbors came to say, “How unfortunate for you!”
The farmer replied, “Maybe yes, maybe no.”
When the horse returned, followed by a herd of wild horses, the neighbors gathered around and exclaimed, “What good luck for you!”
The farmer stayed calm and replied, “Maybe yes, maybe no.”
While trying to tame one of wild horses, the farmer’s son fell, and broke his leg. He had to rest up and couldn’t help with the farm chores. “How sad for you,” the neighbors cried.
“Maybe yes, maybe no,” said the farmer.
Shortly thereafter, a neighboring army threatened the farmer’s village. All the young men in the village were drafted to fight the invaders. Many died. But the farmer’s son had been left out of the fighting because of his broken leg. People said to the farmer, “What a good thing your son couldn’t fight!”
“Maybe yes, maybe no,” was all the farmer said.
Comments
Has this 👆got anything to do with Blaylock tearing ACL ???
I’ll answer my own rhetorical Q to pull the rug from all the smart a$$es
maybe yes , maybe no
But I do like the parable thanks for sharing Another D 👍
So, what happened next?
LOL!
For those that need it
http://www.drmarlo.com/?page_id=181
Not where I pulled it from, but OK!
But this feels like losing the horse, the son and the whole farm all at once.
Ha! Yes. Precisely the point.
There is what it "feels like" and what it IS.
All anyone knows right now is the former.
Also featured in Charlie Wilson's War (film) which is on now on Starz - slightly different version
Yes, and you wanna talk about one of my favorite movies of all time. Philip Seymour Hoffman, RIP, I could watch him all day.
UGA may as well be a country song
does the dog die in the country song ? I hope not
"College Man" means different things to different people, I guess.
Also - football - knee pads don't cover his, uh, knees. Not even close. How is he on the field?
Bad vibe in the forum today. Lot of stress, anger, frustration, leading to online dawg fighting that would make Mike Vick blush.
Apologies for bumping my own thread but thought the OP might be helpful to a few folks in case they missed it last night.