these few days had been realli bad.. things keep going the wrong way.. making myself feel like a lousy person who doesnt care abt others.. no sense of urgency and responsibility.. blur and poor memory.. but i realli wanna tell everybody dat actualli i'm not dat bad.. i'm a veri good girl who realli wans to do her best.. but sometimes, things juz happen. i realli didnt mean it..



however, after reading this small story sent by one of the members of alumni yahoo group, i feel slightly better..



Good or Bad? hard to say...



Once upon a time, there was a king. The king liked one of his followers very much because he was very wise and always gave very useful advice. Therefore the king took him along wherever he went.



One day, the king was bitten by a dog, the finger was injured and the wound was getting worse. He asked the follower if that was a bad sign. The follower said,Good or bad, hard to say'. In the end, the finger of the king was too bad that had to be cut.



The king asked the follower again if that was a bad sign. Again, the follower gave the same answer, 'Good or bad, hard to say'. The king became very angry and sent the follower to prison.



One day, the king went hunting in the jungle. He got excited when he was on the chase of a deer. Deeper and deeper he went inside the jungle. In the end he found himself lost in the jungle. To make thing worse, he got captured by the native people lived inside the jungle.




They wanted to sacrifice him to their god. But whenthey noticed that the king had one finger short, theyreleased him immediately as he was not a perfect man anymore and not suitable for sacrifice. The king managed to get back to his palace after all. And he finally understood the follower's wise quote, 'Goodor bad, hard to say'. If he hadn't lost one finger, he could have been killed by the native people.




He ordered to release the follower, and apologized tohim. But to the king amaze, the follower was not mad at him at all. Instead, the follower said, 'It wasn't a bad thing that you locked me up.'



Why? Because if the king hadn't locked the followerup, he would have brought the follower along to the jungle. If the native found that the king was not suitable, they would have used the follower. Again,the quote 'Good or bad, hard to say' stands.

The moral of the story -

Everything that happens in this world, there is noabsolute good or bad. Sometimes good things turned out to be bad things eventually, while bad things become again. Whatever good things that happen to you, enjoy it, but don't have to hold too tight to it, treat it as a surprise in your life. Whatever bad things that happen to you, don't have to feel too sad or despair,in the end, it might not be a total bad thing afterall.

If one can understand this, he or she will find life much easier.

i think this story is realli veri meaningful.. i shd learn to think more abt the good things dat had happened rather than the bad things that had happened.. but still, i do need to be less scatterbrain. i need a new organizer.. ever since i finished the previous one, i juz cant seem to keep my life on track.. sigh.. i hope my frens still love me..