How do we know this is bad luck?
News headline: British lottery win brings bad luck
This well-known story illustrates my point. I wonder if I can apply it to my family’s medical ‘events’ this summer?
Long ago, there was a farmer who lived in China. One day, several wild horses crashed through the gates of his farm, causing a great deal of damage. “Oh no!” cried the neighbors, “This is terrible news!” The old farmer shrugged, “Bad news, good news–who knows?”
The next day, the horses came back and the farmer’s twenty-year-old-son managed to capture one. All the neighbors ran over to admire it, “Oh, how wonderful!” they cried, “What good news!” “Good news, bad news–who knows?” shrugged the farmer.
Several days later, the farmer’s son, attempting to break the steed, was thrown and his leg badly broken. The neighbors rushed over, peering at the young man in bed, “Oh, this is awful news!” they cried. The farmer shrugged, “Good news, bad news, who knows?”
A few weeks later, the Chinese army came by, conscripting all the area’s young men for war raging in the south. They couldn’t take the young man with the broken leg.