Anonymous ID: 6f9966 Oct. 14, 2021, 2:07 a.m. No.14782867   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>2882

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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, โ€œWe are so sorry to hear your horse has run away. This is most unfortunate.โ€ The farmer said, โ€œMaybe.โ€ The next day the horse came back bringing seven wild horses with it, and in the evening everybody came back and said, โ€œOh, isnโ€™t that lucky. What a great turn of events. You now have eight horses!โ€ The farmer again said, โ€œMaybe.โ€

 

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, โ€œOh dear, thatโ€™s too bad,โ€ and the farmer responded, โ€œMaybe.โ€ 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, โ€œIsnโ€™t that great!โ€ Again, he said, โ€œMaybe.โ€

 

The whole process of nature is an integrated process of immense complexity, and itโ€™s really impossible to tell whether anything that happens in it is good or bad โ€” because you never know what will be the consequence of the misfortune; or, you never know what will be the consequences of good fortune.