Is it important what has happened in life, what is happening now, and what will be? You will find the best answer in your head, but if you want to know mine, you must read this article first.

Introduction - a brief history of Mr. Chang.

Maybe you know it ...
In old China lived in the village of Mr. Chang with his son Shu.
They had one horse for the whole village. The horse helped them with field work, transporting things from town to country and products from the village to the town square.
Mr. Chang borrowed a horse for money to other peasants.
Chang and his son were doing well.
Peasants from the village came to Chang and said: "Chang, you have a horse, money, help from your son, what happiness is it."
Chang replied: "How do you know whether this is happiness or misfortune?


One day, Chang's son, leaving the stable, he forgot to close the door behind him.
The horse was gone the next morning.
The peasants from the village came to Chang and whimpered, "Chang, the horse has escaped, what a disaster it is."
Chang replied, "How do you know whether it is happiness or unhappiness?


The next day the horse came back with a wild mare at his side.
The peasants saw it, they went to Chang and they say, "How lucky, now you have two horses."
Chang replied, "How do you know, is this happiness or unhappiness?


Chang's ambitious son wanted to ride a narrative mare so that she could help, like the first horse, but during the rehearsal, the mare dropped the boy from the back. Shu broke his leg with an unfortunate fall.
The peasants from the village came to Chang and whimpered: "Chang, my son has broken his leg, and it will not help you now, what a disaster it is."
Chang replied, "How do you know whether it is happiness or unhappiness?



The next day, a Chinese army passed through the village, incorporating all young, healthy men into the army. Shu had a broken leg and was not called.
The peasants saw it, they went to Chang and say: "How lucky, your son has not been put into the army."
Chang replied, "How do you know whether it is happiness or unhappiness?

Your story "a'la Chang"

I think that everyone has situations in life that seem to be happiness or misfortune at that time. Equally often in the future, they "turn to the other side" and mean something quite the opposite, to what we first thought.
Remind yourself of your life of great happiness, which turned into a small catastrophe, or the tragic situation from which you came out "richer".
If you have such a story, share it with us in #lovethisday :)

My story "a'la Chang"

My life is a constant story like Mr. Chang and his son.
Without going into these most personal stories, I will present you with a set of events that led to a series of "happy and unhappy" events in my life.

My grandfather had a cart on which he carried various things (more on this).


On a sunny, beautiful day, my friend invited me on bicycles.
As a young, inexperienced boyfriend, I thought it was about a ride on bicycles, as my friend explained later - it was supposed to be a date (a word for everyone who guesses what each time goes to women and each of us guys he would already be a millionaire);).
And it was supposed to be (it could be) so beautiful: D. What a disaster - right?


Well, not completely. We reach the railway crossing using bikes.
I look, and here my grandfather pushes a trolley carrying cement to a friend on the plot. What a lucky thing that I met my grandfather - right?


"Hello grandpa, where are you going?" Grandfather slowed down, hesitate and replied. Unfortunately, the slowing trolley pulled the wheel into the gap between the rail and the roadway and got stuck. What a damn bad luck - right?


I stopped and help my grandfather in trouble. It's good that I was there, probably he would not have been able to do it - lucky, that my friend invited me on bikes.

After ten seconds of attempts to get the truck out, the semaphores mean to ring and after a while you hear the train's whistle - what a disaster ...


Girlfriend yells: "Drop some bags." How lucky she was there. Sami being shocked and straining the muscles that take a lot of blood, which ran out of the head with "oil", in those few seconds we did not come up with such a simple way to relieve the wheelchair.


After a while, the cart was two meters from the track, my grandfather, my friend and me too, the train pulled in for 3 seconds after we left it - uff - what a great happiness, but right now - what happened now ... ?

For the first person who will correctly guess what happened next: I might get 1 SBD (see the condition below). Additionally, for people whose comments I like the most, 5 prizes of 0.5 SBD (condition of giving awards - minimum 15 significant responses from different people).

Summary and gold thought ;)

Life is a kaleidoscope of events. Do you think that you know that some of them are happiness and others are unhappiness and you know what? - you're right! ... - it seems to you! : D


Our brains have weak "processors" to process all variables and it is simply impossible to fully predict the future and the final consequences of events, our thoughts, words or choices.


We are surrounded by a huge rush of information, many of which are lies and others are perceived by us as untruths. We always try to evaluate - true / false - just like a computer (0 on it, 1 on yes). Unfortunately, either we are stets, we are not computers, and we can try to open our minds to new ideas, false lies, "conspiracy theories" and more. Do you know how many of the former census theories later turned out to be true.


There are several theories about what is happening around us, what is the future of us, our children and this Earth.
Environmentalists talk about irreversible climate change that will lead to the extinction of most forms of life within the next 20-30 years. The Bible speaks of the end of the world and it is supposedly faster than some people think. Spisowcy talk about the world of lies, the rule of the bankers' elite, flat land, geoengineering.
What will happen to us after death, whether we are spiritual beings or just matter that goes after death to "recycle Nature."


Do any of these facts mean sadness for us, or joy and happiness or misfortune?
That would be said by Mr. Chang, I will say: I DO NOT KNOW if anything is happiness or misfortune ...

And you?

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