Maybe yes , maybe no , maybe maybe :
Once upon a time there was a village that had a very wise old man among its inhabitants. The villagers
trusted this man to provide them with the answers to their
questions and concerns.
One day a farmer came to the wise man and said in an alarmed
tone:
"Old man, help me. A horrible thing has just happened. My ox is
dead and I have no more animals to help me
plow my field! Is not that the worst thing that can happen? "
The wise old man replied, "Maybe yes, maybe not."
The furious man returned to the village and reported to his
neighbors that the sage had gone mad. Of course
it was the worst thing that could happen! Could not he understand that!
The next day, however, a young and vigorous horse was seen near
the man's farm. Because he no longer had any beef to count on, he had the idea of catching the horse to replace his ox and that's what he did. As the farmer was happy! Plowing the field had never been easier. He went back to see the sage to apologize. "You were right old wise. Losing my ox was not the worst thing that could happen. It was a hidden blessing! I will never have captured my new horse if it did not happen. You must admit this time that it's the best thing that can happen. "
The sage answered once more "Maybe yes, maybe not". Oh no !
Not yet said the farmer. Sure, the old sage
was now completely mad.
But, again, the man did not know what was coming. A few days later, the farmer's son rode the
horse and fell. He broke his leg and was unable to harvest. " Oh no ! Thought the farmer, "Now we
are going to starve." And again the farmer went to the sage's house. This time he said, "How did you
know that capturing my horse was not the worst thing that could happen to me? You were still right.
My son is injured and can not help me with the harvest. This time I'm sure this is the worst thing
that can happen to me. And you have to agree this time. But just as he had done before, the wise man looked at the farmer and, with compassion, replied, "Maybe yes, maybe not." Enraged that the old man was so ignorant, the farmer outside him returned to the village.
The next day soldiers arrived to enlist all the able-bodied men for
the war that had just broken out. The farmer's son was the only
young man in the village not to leave. He would live while others
surely die.
The moral of this story provides us with a powerful lesson. The truth is that we never know what will happen - we only think we know it, we make judgments, we think we analyze and compare with other past situations that are probably not the reflection of the future. We ourselves create scenarios in our imagination about the terrible things that could happen and these put us in an internal state that fits those scenarios. If they are negative, we will become so, if they are positive and optimistic, we will be too. Most of the time, after the fact, we realize that we were worried about nothing and that we were wrong. If we remain calm, serene and open to all possibilities, we can reasonably be sure that eventually everything will be fine. Do not create worries that do not exist: they do not exist because it is in the future.
Remember, "Maybe yes, maybe not."
Whatever the circumstances, an optimist sees opportunities and
the positive in the difficulties.
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