Saturday, November 7, 2009

Once upon a time in China....

There was a farmer which attend to his harvest daily. On a beautiful morning in spring, he went out to the field and attended to his harvest like usual. He plucked, weeded and fertilized. He was taking opportunity of the good weather and good surroundings. As a result, the crops that grew during the season was FANTASTIC.

One day.... a gossiping neighbour saw this good harvest and batch of grains.

The neighbour said: Hey farmer! Looks like the you got a good batch and it looks marvelous.

The farmer replied cooly: Oo it is alright.

Next season, the rain started pouring and pouring NON STOP. The farmer went out to the field to attend to his crops like he usually does daily. No matter how much he tried and tried, he could not do anything about it as his fields were flooded and the harvest died.

The neighbour gossiply came over to talk to the farmer.

The neigbour said: Oh! Too bad farmer my friend. Looks like your crops are not doing too well. The rain totally destroyed it!

The farmer said: Oh!Really? its alright.

After that, a few days later, the farmer's son, Y-Han was out to attend to the plantation with his father, the farmer. The son slipped on wet mud and fell. The impact of it caused the boy to hurt his arm. The son has always been the most helpful person on the farm aside from the animal helped used for plowing or others.

The gossip neighbour came out and said to the farmer again:

Oh! Too bad farmer my friend. I guess with your son hurt now, your crops will be affected. You have now one less hand helping you out. It is gonna be a tough time for you ahead.

The farmer replier: Oh! Really? It is alright.

So readers...

Have you guessed wad is the meaning behind this story??

Like in the story,
The farmer was not able to control the rain and
the fact that his son hurt his arm.
He responded cooly because he did not
remained with those as excuses that he could not achieve a good result in his crops.
Instead, he played down those problems and look ahead.
When the opportunity came to grow
his crops in Spring,
He took full use of it and grew a good harvest.


In our lives,
opportunities and instances will come knocking on our door.
We should learn to control what can be controlled
and learn to let go of what you cannot control.
If this opportunity is within your reach,
go all out for it.
If something is not within your reach,
learn to let go and move on.

Happy exams =)




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