This is an ZEN story..,
There was a farmer whose only horse ran away. That evening the neighbors gathered to console him. " Your farm will suffer, and you cannot plow ", they said.
" Surely this is a terrible thing to have happened to you "
He said, " May be Yes, May be No ".
The next day the horse returned but brought with it six wild horses, and the neighbors came to congratulate him and exclaim at his good fortune. " You are richer than you were before ! " they said.
" Surely this has turned out to be a good thing for you, after all ".
He said, " May be Yes, May be No ".
The following day, his son tried to ride one of the wild horses. He was thrown and broke his leg, and he couldn't work on the farm. Again the neighbors came to offer their sympathy for the incident. " There is more work than only you can handle, and you may be driven poor, " they said.
" Surely this is a terrible misfortune ".
The old farmer said, " May be Yes, May be No ".
The day after that, conscription officers came to the village to seize young men for the army, but becaude of his broken leg the farmer's son was rejected. When the neighbors came again, they said, " How fortunate ! Things have worked out after all. Most young men never return alive from the war.
'' Surely this is the best of fortunes for you !".
And the old man said, " May be Yes, May be No ".
tells that.....
OUR LIFE IS LIKE THAT.
It offers no lesson to anyone.
What seems right today may turn out to be wrong tomorrow.
You have to then unlearn the old lesson and learn a new lesson.
Those who think that they have learned any lesson from life are actually like the villagers of this Zen story who don't understand the mysteries of life.
They don't understand that for every thesis, there is an anthithesis.
Let me explain..,
- When you beloved cheat you for another person, you learn a lesson that people can't be trusted.
- When you invest in share and lose all your money, you learn the lesson that you should not invest in shares.
- When you find a corrupt officer living the life of luxury, you learn the lesson that it is foolish to be Honest.
- When you work hard to get a job and succees, you learn the lesson that you got the job due to you hard work.
None of the these lessons are UNIVERSAL TRUTHS that happen to everyone every time.
What happened with you was a result of numerous factors at tha point of time.
Since the same situation is never going to arise in future, you can't use the same lessons in future.
Your life could be even more miserable if you stop trusting..,
People can make huge money investing in stocks..,
A corrupt person may be arrested and go to jail..,
Many people succeed working smart rather than working hard.
It is for this reason that I don't learn any lessons from life because there is no lesson taught by life.
What worked once does not work next time.
" Life is a game and you have to play the best shot depending upon the stroke life played against you. You cannot win the game of life if you keep playing the same shot with it all the time ".
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