A Chinese story, kind of a Taoistic story about a farmer. One day, his horse
ran away, and all the neighbors gathered in the evening and said 'that's too
bad.' He said 'maybe.' Next day, the horse came back and brought with it seven
wild horses. 'Wow!' they said, 'Aren't you lucky!' He said 'maybe.' He next
day, his son grappled with one of these wild horses and tried to break it in,
and he got thrown and broke his leg. And all the neighbors said 'oh, that's too
bad that your son broke his leg.' He said, 'maybe.' The next day, the
conscription officers came around, gathering young men for the army, and they
rejected his son because he had a broken leg. And the visitors all came around
and said 'Isn't that great! Your son got out.' He said, 'maybe.'
as told by Alan Watts
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