Bad News, Good News – The Gifts of Adversity
May 15, 2012
by Kim Childs, CPPC Heard the one about the Chinese farmer? According to the Taoists, he had a horse that ran away. A neighbor said, "Oh, that's bad news,” and the farmer replied, "Good news, bad news, who can say?" The horse soon returned with another horse, which many labeled good news. The farmer again withheld judgment and gave the second horse to his son, who broke his leg when the animal threw him off. "That’s bad news," clucked a…