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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

M on: It looks Bad but it's the best thing that happened to you

This is a cut and paste that inspired me © Phil Evans
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The story is told of a king in Africa who had a close friend with whom he grew up. The friend had a habit of looking at every situation that ever occurred in his life (positive or negative) and remarking, "This is good!"

One day the king and his friend were out on a hunting expedition. The friend would load and prepare the guns for the king. The friend had apparently done something wrong in preparing one of the guns, for after taking the gun from his friend, the king fired it and his thumb was blown off. Examining the situation, the friend remarked as usual, "This is good!"

To which the king replied - "No, this is not good!" and proceeded to send his friend to jail.

About a year later, the king was hunting in an area that he should have known to stay clear of. Cannibals captured him and took him to their village. They tied his hands, stacked some wood, set up a stake and bound him to the stake.

As they came near to set fire to the wood, they noticed that the king was missing a thumb. Being superstitious, they never ate anyone who was less than whole. So untying the king, they sent him on his way.

As he returned home, he was reminded of the event that had taken his thumb and felt remorse for his treatment of his friend. He went immediately to the jail to speak with his friend.

"You were right," he said, "it was good that my thumb was blown off." And he proceeded to tell the friend all that had just happened." And so, I am very sorry for sending you to jail for so long. It was bad for me to do this."

"No," his friend replied, "This is good!"

"What do you mean, 'This is good'? How could it be good that I sent my friend to jail for a year?"

"If I had not been in jail, I would have been with you, and not here with you right now."

In a very unusual way, the message here unfolds into exposing the following principle about life.

"Absolutely everything happens for a purpose; and out of what seems like adversity at the time; always comes good".

I'm sure that if any of us care to reflect back on the tragedy's, the heartaches, the 'bad times' in our lives, that we discover that we have really grown or developed during that period of time:even though the reflection may still cause us discomfort in some way.

It is in this way that we slowly gather experience and wisdom, and even though we may think or feel that it is unfair, that's the way it is.

"This is good". Many of our life's experiences have saved us from some form of cannibals; it's just that we often don't know that they have at the time.

So, for a simple example to help with awareness: next time you may begin to feel you are being 'wronged' by being stuck in a traffic jam, think about the cannibals that could be lurking down the road a bit,but will be gone by the time you get there.
Now that's a bit different, but worth trying: "this is good" - despite the circumstances.

Remember: "What others do or say is their stuff; how we react, or not, is our stuff"!
And: "True Happiness in life isn't having what you want, but wanting what you have"!

12 comments:

  1. True that!
    most life unwanted and unexpected experiences are what shapes us

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  2. True Story! As I always say "Everything happens for a Reason!!!!". And Yay! For new template, now I can read easilym

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  3. Nice!
    Realmente me gustó esta analogía. ¡Naturalmente tomo situaciones malas para siempre también!

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  4. arghhhh Vera stole my line, mais c'est bon.

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  5. Rene Darling... BTW i love the way Rene sounds... It is true.

    Dante... Sorry Super man

    Sirius... Glad you like the new template

    Seye... si si Seye

    Vera... This IS good

    Temite... Guapita.. francais es muy bueno tambien.

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  6. Awesome! this is so true. everything that happens in life is for a purpose although even though we may never know why or understand.

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  7. very deep indeed! now u've got me reflecting.
    this is good indeed.
    my sister screams when we are in traffic and i'm like there is nothing u can do about it!
    God has calculated our time.

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  8. ithot i was first. Nice story btw. we go thru things for a reason.

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  9. truer words have never been spoken

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utilizar tu mentes poderosa. Speak from your powerful mind.)