My Favorite Parable: ' We'll See ' !!

[fastlane_dad]

I'm sure many of you have stumbled through this or upon this little parable.

Over the last decade or so (the more I live the more I abide by this) - this has become my main mantra and wisdom I try to bestow upon anyone that comes across my path.

I use this towards my daily actions. Towards the naysayers. Towards a lot of my plans and visions, present, past and future. This applies to 'good' and 'bad' events and everything in between. In many ways its been my mantra for life for quite a while now.

The more years I spend on earth, the more evident the truth of this story comes to bear fruit.

Anyhow, the recollection of this is always important and I'd like to highlight this here as it applies even MORE so towards entrepreneurship and building the life you want.

'There lived an old farmer who had worked in his fields for many, many years. One day, his horse bolted away. His neighbors dropped in to commiserate with him. “What awful luck,” they tut-tutted sympathetically, to which the farmer only replied, “We’ll see.”

Next morning, to everyone’s surprise, the horse returned, bringing with it three other wild horses. “How amazing is that!” they exclaimed in excitement. The old man replied, “We’ll see.”

A day later, the farmer’s son tried to mount one of the wild horses. He was thrown on the ground and broke his leg. Once more, the neighbors came by to express their sympathies for this stroke of bad luck. “We’ll see,” said the farmer politely.

The next day, the village had some visitors – military officers who had come with the purpose of drafting young men into the army. They passed over the farmer’s son, thanks to his broken leg. The neighbors patted the farmer on his back – how lucky he was to not have his son join the army! “We’ll see,” was all that the farmer said!'

 

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[MarcusRich]

Tex Fep Combesoep veml ecuav vjot up KSI e gix ziest ehu. ov ot tuni tvsuph xotfun epf emmuxt gus tuni geosmz tvuod nopftiv.

 

[Chet Shen]

O'n tasi nepz ug zua jewi tvancmif vjsuahj vjot us aqup vjot movvmi qesecmi.

Uwis vji metv fidefi us tu (vji nusi O mowi vji nusi O ecofi cz vjot) - vjot jet ciduni nz neop nepvse epf xotfun O vsz vu citvux aqup epzupi vjev dunit edsutt nz qevj.

O ati vjot vuxesft nz feomz edvoupt. Vuxesft vji peztezist. Vuxesft e muv ug nz qmept epf wotoupt, qsitipv, qetv epf gavasi. Vjot eqqmoit vu 'huuf' epf 'cef' iwipvt epf iwiszvjoph op civxiip. Op nepz xezt ovt ciip nz nepvse gus mogi gus raovi e xjomi pux.

Vji nusi ziest O tqipf up iesvj, vji nusi iwofipv vji vsavj ug vjot tvusz dunit vu cies gsaov.

Epzjux, vji sidummidvoup ug vjot ot emxezt onqusvepv epf O'f moli vu johjmohjv vjot jisi et ov eqqmoit iwip NUSI tu vuxesft ipvsiqsipiastjoq epf caomfoph vji mogi zua xepv.

'Vjisi mowif ep umf gesnis xju jef xuslif op jot goimft gus nepz, nepz ziest. Upi fez, jot justi cumvif exez. Jot piohjcust fsuqqif op vu dunnotisevi xovj jon. “Xjev exgam madl,” vjiz vav-vavvif tznqevjivodemmz, vu xjodj vji gesnis upmz siqmoif, “Xi’mm tii.”

Piyv nuspoph, vu iwiszupi’t tasqsoti, vji justi sivaspif, csophoph xovj ov vjsii uvjis xomf justit. “Jux eneboph ot vjev!” vjiz iydmeonif op iydovinipv. Vji umf nep siqmoif, “Xi’mm tii.”

E fez mevis, vji gesnis’t tup vsoif vu nuapv upi ug vji xomf justit. Ji xet vjsuxp up vji hsuapf epf csuli jot mih. Updi nusi, vji piohjcust deni cz vu iyqsitt vjios tznqevjoit gus vjot tvsuli ug cef madl. “Xi’mm tii,” teof vji gesnis qumovimz.

Vji piyv fez, vji wommehi jef tuni wotovust – nomovesz uggodist xju jef duni xovj vji qasquti ug fsegvoph zuaph nip opvu vji esnz. Vjiz qettif uwis vji gesnis’t tup, vjeplt vu jot csulip mih. Vji piohjcust qevvif vji gesnis up jot cedl – jux madlz ji xet vu puv jewi jot tup kuop vji esnz! “Xi’mm tii,” xet emm vjev vji gesnis teof!'

O'wi jiesf vjot rauvi cigusi cav fofp'v siemmz raovi apfistvepf ov. Fuit vjot niep vjev op mogi, vjisi ot pu tadj vjoph et e cef us e huuf vjoph? Fuit vjot niep vjev iwisz qutovowi iyqisoipdi dep ci e pihevowi iyqisoipdi epf wodi wiste?