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 is that 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.
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