King “This is Good”
Reading time: 2 – 4 minutes
One day the king and his friend were out on a hunting expedition. The friend would load and prepare the guns for the king. The friend had apparently done something wrong in preparing one of the guns, for after taking the gun from his friend, the king fired it and his thumb was blown off.
Examining the situation, the friend remarked as usual, “This is good!” To which the king replied – “No, this is not good!” and proceeded to send his friend to jail.
About a year later, the king was hunting in an area that he should have known to stay clear of. Cannibals captured him and took him to their village. They tied his hands, stacked some wood, set up a stake and bound him to the stake. As they came near to set fire to the wood, they noticed that the king was missing a thumb. Being superstitious, they never ate anyone who was less than whole. So untying the king, they sent him on his way.
As he returned home, he was reminded of the event that had taken his thumb and felt remorse for his treatment of his friend. He went immediately to the jail to speak with his friend. “You were right,” he said, “it was good that my thumb was blown off.” And he proceeded to tell the friend all that had just happened.
” And so, I am very sorry for sending you to jail for so long. It was bad for me to do this.” “No,” his friend replied, “This is good!” “What do you mean, ‘This is good’? How could it be good that I sent my friend to jail for a year?” “If I had not been in jail, I would have been with you, and not here with you right now.”
In a very unusual way, the message here unfolds into exposing the following principle about life. “Absolutely everything happens for a purpose; and out of what seems like adversity at the time; always comes good”.
I’m sure that if any of us care to reflect back on the tragedy’s, the heartaches, the ‘bad times’ in our lives, that we discover that we have really grown or developed during that period of time: even though the reflection may still cause us discomfort in some way.
It is in this way that we slowly gather experience and wisdom, and even though we may think or feel that it is unfair, that’s the way it is. “This is good”.
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This one is simple but deep. I can definitely relate to this. When my pops died I didn’t know where I was gonna get advice from at first I was kind of lost. Then I began to reflect on things he had told me. I began to put his words into practice. I realized even though he wasn’t here he had given me all I needed. Now I definitely miss him alot. Him not being here forced me to face things on my own and, learn to deal with them myself.
I agree with Hassan and felt the same about my Dad when he passed. He did give me so many tools and bits of wisdom that if I just live by those alone, I’d be alright.
As for the story, I am a “This is Good” thinker by nature. I find the good in mostly everything so I can definitely relate
@Hassan – You never know what you can do until the hedge is removed. I don’t think anyone is ready for it but if you had an example of how to proceed you’ll be successful. You miss the people who naturally prepare you for what’s coming eventhough at the time you think it’s the worst time of your life.
@Keish – I agree overall with the post as you never really know what all this perceived bad is leading you to. So you can take it as hell or preparation for heaven. I had to learn to take the hard times in stride or let them defeat me. So I like you am now a more positive thinker.
I had a talk with an older gentleman about leadership today. He talked about how leaders are always tested and how trials strengthen your resolve. I used to hate going through tough times, but now it’s like..I must in order to enjoy the reward.
Only the young cats complain while the older cats just endure. Most cats run from any kind of adversity so when they know they have to finish college they come up with all kinds of BS instead of squatting it out. Same with money as everyone knows it might be tough but they are looking for a way to make a million without the million dollar effort.
Dude, I just had a conversation with a guy who owns a couple car dealerships, a guy who has a company that builds off-shore oil rigs, school board memebers and some people in the NAACP.
The school board members and the NAACP members were complaining about the racism here – the businessmen and I were talking about solutions to the ‘problems’ the others were compalining about.
The car guy said, “John, be patient with them. They are talking about all that they know but not that there is. You (me) are hear for a reason. Take yoiur time and teach them a better way.”.
I’ve been hella’ tired lately and this post and that advice were right on time.
UBJ the game is breadcrumbs instead of force feeding. If you make a kid run every morning with you most likely he’ll be a great runner when he/she competes. Now they don’t need to know you are training them for this as all they need to know is this is what we are doing today.
Instant gratification is a problem for the both the receiver and the teacher. We just have to plant the seed and move on.