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<blockquote data-quote="recoveringenabler" data-source="post: 603835" data-attributes="member: 13542"><p>I enjoy reading your posts Barbara, you have an interesting, thoughtful, kind way of sharing yourself.</p><p></p><p>As things progress with your house guest and your daughter, more may evolve that can't be seen now.......The recent developments in your life, as well as what goes on here in my world, make me think of this Sufi story I read many years ago. Here it is:</p><p></p><p> <strong>You are very wise.</strong><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #525252"><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'"><strong>Maybe yes, maybe no.</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #525252"><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'">Most of us are quick to judge, and quick judgments are often wrong. I love this story from long ago about a farmer who practiced Sufism (wisdom) he was a Sufi master.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #525252"><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'">In the ancient land where this farmer lived, a familys wealth was measured by how many horses it had, because more horses meant more fields could be plowed to grow food. This old Sufi master had one horse, and one day the horse got out of the corral and ran away. His neighbor observed this and said, Oh, thats bad. The farmer smiled and said Maybe yes, maybe no. Three days later, the farmers horse returned leading 15 wild horses into the corral, and the farmer closed the gate. The farmers neighbor came over and with amazement said, Wow, now you have 16 horses. Thats great. To this, the farmer replied, Maybe yes, maybe no.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #525252"><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'">The horses had to be trained, so he had his only son, who was 17, begin training them. One day, the son took a hard fall and broke his leg. When the neighbor heard this, he said, Youre unlucky. The farmer replied, Maybe yes, maybe no. The next day some soldiers rode up to the farm and told the farmer that the country was under attack and all able-bodied young men must enlist into the Army immediately. The soldier in command looked at the master and his son and said, Youre too old and youre injured, and the soldiers rode off. When the neighbor heard this, he said, Youre lucky. The farmer responded, Maybe yes, maybe no.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #525252"><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'"><strong>Sufism (wisdom)</strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #525252"><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'"><strong>is considered a pathway to truth.</strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #525252"><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'"><strong>The judgments we make arent always truths.</strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #525252"><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'"><strong>But by thinking them, they may become our false truth.</strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #525252"><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'"><strong></strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #525252"><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'"><strong></strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #525252"><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'"><strong></strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #525252"><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'"><strong></strong></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #525252"><span style="font-family: 'ArialMT'"><strong></strong></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recoveringenabler, post: 603835, member: 13542"] I enjoy reading your posts Barbara, you have an interesting, thoughtful, kind way of sharing yourself. As things progress with your house guest and your daughter, more may evolve that can't be seen now.......The recent developments in your life, as well as what goes on here in my world, make me think of this Sufi story I read many years ago. Here it is: [B]You are very wise.[/B][CENTER][COLOR=#525252][FONT=ArialMT][B]Maybe yes, maybe no.[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER][COLOR=#525252][FONT=ArialMT]Most of us are quick to judge, and quick judgments are often wrong. I love this story from long ago about a farmer who practiced Sufism (wisdom) he was a Sufi master.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#525252][FONT=ArialMT]In the ancient land where this farmer lived, a familys wealth was measured by how many horses it had, because more horses meant more fields could be plowed to grow food. This old Sufi master had one horse, and one day the horse got out of the corral and ran away. His neighbor observed this and said, Oh, thats bad. The farmer smiled and said Maybe yes, maybe no. Three days later, the farmers horse returned leading 15 wild horses into the corral, and the farmer closed the gate. The farmers neighbor came over and with amazement said, Wow, now you have 16 horses. Thats great. To this, the farmer replied, Maybe yes, maybe no.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#525252][FONT=ArialMT]The horses had to be trained, so he had his only son, who was 17, begin training them. One day, the son took a hard fall and broke his leg. When the neighbor heard this, he said, Youre unlucky. The farmer replied, Maybe yes, maybe no. The next day some soldiers rode up to the farm and told the farmer that the country was under attack and all able-bodied young men must enlist into the Army immediately. The soldier in command looked at the master and his son and said, Youre too old and youre injured, and the soldiers rode off. When the neighbor heard this, he said, Youre lucky. The farmer responded, Maybe yes, maybe no.[/FONT][/COLOR] [CENTER][COLOR=#525252][FONT=ArialMT][B]Sufism (wisdom) is considered a pathway to truth. The judgments we make arent always truths. But by thinking them, they may become our false truth. [/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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