We'll See!
A farmer had only one horse. One day, his horse ran away.
His neighbors said, “I’m so sorry. This is such bad news. You must be so upset.”
The man just said, “We’ll see.”
A few days later, his horse came back with twenty wild horses following. The man and his son corralled all twenty-one horses.
His neighbors said, “Congratulations! This is such good news. You must be so happy!”
The man just said, “We’ll see.”
One of the wild horses kicked the man’s only son, breaking both his legs.
His neighbors said, “I’m so sorry. This is such bad news. You must be so upset.”
The man just said, “We’ll see.”
The country went to war, and every able-bodied young man was drafted to fight. The war was terrible and killed every young man, but the farmer’s son was spared, since his broken legs prevented him from being drafted.
His neighbors said, “Congratulations! This is such good news. You must be so happy!”
The man just said, “We’ll see.”
This is a story I came across on Derek Sivers’s blog.
I felt it was the perfect story (and attitude) to launch something new and exciting.
I like this story because, to me it conveys detachment rather than indifference (and there is a world of difference between the two).
And it also gives importance to how we see things rather than what happens to us.
Thanks for reading.
What did the story make you think or feel?
Regards,
Roshan