Good Thing or Bad Thing?

A farmer's son fell off his horse one day and got his leg crippled. All the villagers told the farmer, "It's so unfortunate your son got injured!"

Yet, the farmer only replied, "Good thing, bad thing, who knows?"

Months later, the country went to war, requiring all young healthy men to join the army.

As the villagers tearfully said goodbye to their sons, they told the farmer, "You're lucky that your son didn't get drafted!"

To which the farmer replied, "Good thing, bad thing, who knows?"

Labels are convenient for social interactions.

Tell people you're a barista, and they know exactly what you do in your job without needing further explanation.

If we're not careful, these labels can become limiting.

The same goes with labelling the events in our life:

• When we label something as "bad": We assign a negative energy to it, which can block us from learning the lessons we needed to learn.
• If we label something as "good": We might avoid taking full responsibility for what had happened.