06/10/2026
HAPPY WEDNESDAY!❤️
This popped up on my memories today, so I thought I'd share it:
I took this picture of these beautiful happy little Daisies yesterday during my sunny warm walk around the Little Lake Butte Des Morts Loop yesterday. While walking I like to listen to various podcasts and yesterday I listened to The Be Here Now Network. Most of these podcasts are from old lectures or Satsang by Ram Dass. During yesterday's podcast Ram Dass told a great story of a farmer. I thought I'd share it with you. If you'd like, share your thoughts.😊 Here's the story:
There is a story of a farmer who had a horse that ran away.
His neighbor came by and said, “Oh, that’s terrible.”
The farmer said, “You never know.”
The next day the horse came back, and it was leading two other wild horses. The neighbor said, “That’s wonderful.”
And
the farmer said, “You never know.”
Later, his son was training one of the wild horses, and while riding the wild horse, he fell off and broke his leg.
The neighbor came by and said, “That’s terrible.”
The farmer said, “You never know.”
The Cossack army came through recruiting everybody, taking away all the able young men. They didn’t take the farmer’s son because he had a broken leg.
The neighbor came by and said, “That’s wonderful.”
And
the farmer said, “You never know.”
And so it goes.”
Ram Dass goes on to say, "I love this story because it reminds me that from something “bad,” “good” things can happen, and if we can, it's good to withhold judgement of any situation, acknowledging the tragedy, while leaving room for what good may still come."
Sending Metta Loving Kindness to Everyone ☮️❤️
