I needed this today a reminder to take time to reflect on life. My hard time is letting go of the idea that everything has to be a certain way... Life doesn't work that way. Also had a friend tell me not to dwell on things. The time you spend dwelling you lose making memories or moving in a positive direction.
Great video Patty! This lesson reminds me of the old Buddhist "Maybe" story about the Chinese Farmer. It's something I sometimes think about when something bad happens in life and I can't yet see the situation in the best way. Hopefully it is helpful to someone else too: Once upon a time there was a Chinese farmer whose horse ran away. That evening, all of his neighbors came around to commiserate. They said, “We are so sorry to hear your horse has run away. This is most unfortunate.” The farmer said, “Maybe.” The next day the horse came back bringing seven wild horses with it, and in the evening everybody came back and said, “Oh, isn’t that lucky. What a great turn of events. You now have eight horses!” The farmer again said, “Maybe.” The following day his son tried to break one of the horses, and while riding it, he was thrown and broke his leg. The neighbors then said, “Oh dear, that’s too bad,” and the farmer responded, “Maybe.” The next day the conscription officers came around to conscript people into the army, and they rejected his son because he had a broken leg. Again all the neighbors came around and said, “Isn’t that great!” Again, he said, “Maybe.” The whole process of nature is an integrated process of immense complexity, and it’s really impossible to tell whether anything that happens in it is good or bad - because you never know what will be the consequence of the misfortune; or, you never know what will be the consequences of good fortune.
Hope your week is filled w love too. Thanks for this🌸
Lots of great reminders in this video. ❤
Thank you!
I needed this today a reminder to take time to reflect on life. My hard time is letting go of the idea that everything has to be a certain way... Life doesn't work that way. Also had a friend tell me not to dwell on things. The time you spend dwelling you lose making memories or moving in a positive direction.
Also I will be getting this book series to follow along. This is all very interesting to me.
Absolutely! But it’s so easy to do…to dwell. I’ve done that quite a bit myself.
Great video Patty! This lesson reminds me of the old Buddhist "Maybe" story about the Chinese Farmer. It's something I sometimes think about when something bad happens in life and I can't yet see the situation in the best way. Hopefully it is helpful to someone else too:
Once upon a time there was a Chinese farmer whose horse ran away. That evening, all of his neighbors came around to commiserate. They said, “We are so sorry to hear your horse has run away. This is most unfortunate.” The farmer said, “Maybe.”
The next day the horse came back bringing seven wild horses with it, and in the evening everybody came back and said, “Oh, isn’t that lucky. What a great turn of events. You now have eight horses!” The farmer again said, “Maybe.”
The following day his son tried to break one of the horses, and while riding it, he was thrown and broke his leg. The neighbors then said, “Oh dear, that’s too bad,” and the farmer responded, “Maybe.”
The next day the conscription officers came around to conscript people into the army, and they rejected his son because he had a broken leg. Again all the neighbors came around and said, “Isn’t that great!” Again, he said, “Maybe.”
The whole process of nature is an integrated process of immense complexity, and it’s really impossible to tell whether anything that happens in it is good or bad - because you never know what will be the consequence of the misfortune; or, you never know what will be the consequences of good fortune.
Kaila! I love that! Thank you for sharing!!!!
I was about to buy the book but wasnt sure. Im glad i checked RUclips. Great job putting the authors works out there
These are great books! I’ll be restating the videos this week.