ANCIENT WISDOM – Day 4
The Taoist Farmer
(A Parable from ancient China, inspired by Taoist philosophy and associated with Laozi)
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In a small village in ancient China, there lived a poor farmer.
One day, his only horse ran away.
The neighbors came to console him.
“What terrible luck!” they said.
The farmer replied calmly,
“Maybe.”
The next day, the horse returned — bringing with it three wild horses.
The neighbors exclaimed,
“What wonderful luck!”
The farmer smiled gently.
“Maybe.”
Soon after, the farmer’s son tried to ride one of the wild horses. He fell and broke his leg.
Again the neighbors cried,
“How unfortunate!”
The farmer said,
“Maybe.”
A week later, soldiers came to the village to recruit young men for war. Because the son’s leg was broken, he was not taken.
The neighbors rejoiced,
“How fortunate!”
The farmer simply said,
“Maybe.”
🌿 Reflection
Events are neither fully good nor fully bad.
Time alone reveals their meaning.
We suffer because we rush to judge.
We celebrate too soon.
We despair too quickly.
The Tao teaches quiet acceptance —
Life unfolds in ways beyond our immediate understanding.
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