The Seemy Side of Life.

It seems obvious. In our black and white divinations, things are judged as being either beneficial or detrimental. But we've all had experiences when we've done something wrong or experienced something that didn't go as per our wishes, which was later revealed as being the first step along a fortuitous course of events.

I recall hearing a parable a number of years ago – I believe it was credited to ancient china: A farmers horse runs away. His neighbors console him for his misfortune. “It does appear to be a bad turn of luck ... We'll see.” A couple weeks later, his mare returned with a fine stallion in tow. His neighbors were elated and showered him with good cheer in a display of unity. “It certainly seems like a blessing. Time will tell.” The next day when the farmers son was trying to break in the horse, he was thrown and broke his ankle instead. The neighbors pitched in, bringing food and helping with chores as a way of showing their support in this time of dire crisis. “It is unfortunate and debilitation, indeed, but one never knows what the future will hold.” The next week, when the army came through the village looking to “recruit” some more fodder for their campaign, being unable to walk, his son was spared the atrocities and horrors of war.

We can try to assimilate an imaginary world of interpretation and conjecture. But life is simply what it is. It's much easier and more truthful to just take it as it comes, remaining ever on the verge of discovery. Trying to invent and protect a fantasy is a fanciful and fruitless affair. The breeze is blowing, the leaves limbo low, worms tunnel over the molten magma and flecks flare across the sky in the culmination of their billion year trek across the cosmos. Far too many dominoes for anyone to see the whats and hows, to foresee the wheres and whens or to comprehend who and why.

Grant life its rightful mystery. Let it be what it wants to be – it will anyway.