The Roller Coaster Response

There was a wise old man who was considered to be an odd sort of fellow because of the way he had of looking at things. One day, one of his favourite horses ran away, and the old man’s friends rushed to console him. “That’s too bad about your horse,” they said. “We all feel sorry for you.”

“How do you know it’s bad?” asked the old man. A few days later the horse returned with two beautiful wild horses following him. This brought the neighbours on the run. “Good! Good!” they exclaimed.

“How do you know it’s good?” said the old man. The next day, while training the two wild horses, the man’s son was thrown, and he fractured his leg. The neighbours came over to commiserate with the old man. “That’s too bad about your son,” they said.

“How do you know this is bad?” said the old man. The very next day a warlord and his army came through the land, conscripting able-bodied young men to fight for them. The son, of course, wasn’t able to go. He had a broken leg.

Moral:  It’s neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.

Source: Unknown

Posted by Barb Small at 3/8/2010 5:56 AM
Categories: Positive Thinking,Self-talk
Tags: self-talk positive thinking
 

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