a sigh of sadness quickly however changed to a sigh of relief when i saw the vision above.. the kids were on an awesome trip to the beach.. a whole host of them.. to a beautiful beach.. where really cool young adults helped them have an awesome time..
reminding me of the old taoist tale of the man and his son and horse..
There was once an old man who had one son and one horse, both of whom he valued very highly. One day the horse ran away and his neighbors came over to console him 'Oh what great isfortune,' they said, 'your horse is gone! How will you ever afford to get another?'
The old man sat and smoked his pipe and only said , 'We shall see.'
Then, a few days later, the horse came back, accompanied by several wild horses, tripling his herd. Again the neighbors visited, this time to congratulate the old man on his great luck. AGains he merely sat and smoked and said, 'We shall see.'
A short time later, his son was thrown from on of the wild horses and broke his leg in several places. The neighbors all arrived, calling out, 'Ah great misfortune, you sone will never walk again!' But again the old man merely sat quietly in front of his
house and, between puffs of his pipe, said, 'We shall see.'
Some time after that, the army came through the village, rounding up all the young men to press them into service and send them to the battlefront far away in the frozen north. But with his crippled leg the old man's son was left behind. Though
crippled, he managed to care for his old father until his death many years later.
we studied it back at university in a course called cultural and ethical values.. was compulsory.. made an impression on me.. anyway.. at a time that is so rife with speculation and where every development is so sensationalised i thought it may be interesting to provide this snapshot..
u never really know - do u..