Good or Bad, hard to say!
Once upon a time, there was a king. The king liked one of his followers very
much because he was very wise and always gave very useful advice. Therefore
the king took him along wherever he went.
One day, the king was bitten by a dog, the finger was injured and the wound
was getting worse. He asked the follower if that was a bad sign. The
follower said, Good or bad, hard to say'. In the end, the finger of the king
was too bad that had to be cut. The king asked the follower again if that
was a bad sign. Again, the follower gave the same answer, 'Good or bad, hard
to say'. The king became very angry and sent the follower to prison.
One day, the king went hunting in the jungle.. He got excited when he was on the chase of a deer. Deeper and deeper he went inside the jungle. In the end
he found himself lost in the jungle. To make thing worse, he got captured by
the native people lived inside the jungle.
They wanted to sacrifice him to their god. But when they noticed that the
king had one finger short, they released him immediately as he was not a
perfect man anymore and not suitable for sacrifice. The king managed to get back to his palace after all. And he finally understood the follower's wise
quote, 'Good or bad, hard to say'. If he hadn't lost one finger, he could
have been killed by the native people.
He ordered to release the follower, and apologized to him. But to the king
amaze, the follower was not mad at him at all. Instead, the follower said,
It wasn't a bad thing that you locked me up.' Why? Because if the king
hadn't locked the follower up, he would have brought the follower along to
the jungle. If the native found that the king was not suitable, they would
have used the follower. Again, the quote 'Good or bad, hard to say' stands.
The moral of the story:
Everything that happens in this world, there is no absolute good or bad.
Sometimes good things turned out to be bad things eventually, while bad
things become a gain.
Whatever good things that happen to you, enjoy it, but don't have to hold
too tight to it, treat it as a surprise in your life. Whatever bad things
that happen to you, don't have to feel too sad or despair, in the end, it
might not be a total bad thing after all.
If one can understand this, he or she will find life much easier.
I think this story really speaks a lot about how I see things in life.. probably explain why I am so cheerful and optimistic most of the time. some may perceive it as being not serious and nonchalant abt things but i feel that we shldnt be taking things so hard. life is too short to digress.
