The story is told of a farmer whose only horse ran away. All his neighbors expressed how sorry they were at this unfortunate turn of events. He replied, “Maybe.”
Within days the horse returned with seven other horses it had found.
However, in seeking to break the horses, the man’s son got thrown from a horse and broke his leg. Again the neighbors gathered round to express their sorrow for the man’s unfortunate turn of fate. He replied, “Maybe.”
Within days a government official came around to draft men into the military. However, the man’s son was exempted by the official due to his disability.
Our personal histories tell us that as mere human beings we’re just not that good at labeling whether an event is going to turn out “good” for us or will be “bad” for us. I have yet to speak to an individual who at some point didn’t believe that something that happened to them was going to be “bad” for them only to be pleasantly surprised when it turned out to be “good” for them and vice versa.
Maybe it’s time as leaders to withhold judgement on labeling events until they’ve had a chance to play themselves out. Such a practice would seem to have an additional advantage in giving us creative energy for working our way through situations that come the way of us and our club members.
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