"I read up on buddhist stories and parables.
one concerning a farmer who wakes up to find his horse has run of
The neighbours come by and say,"too bad such awful luck."
the farmer says "maybe"
the next day, the horse returns with afew other horses.
the neighbours congratulate the farmer on his reversal of fortune.
"maybe" the farmer says.
when his son tries to ride one of the new horses, he breaks his leg,
and the neighbours offer condolences.
"maybe"
and the next day when the army officials come to draft
the son-and dont take him because of his leg- everyone is happy.
"maybe" the farmer says.
I've heard stories like this before. They are beautiful in their simplicity and surrender to the universe.
I wonder if I could be attached to something so detached. I dont know. Maybe."
I stumbled upon this while reading the mitch albom book in camp and i thought it was farking beautiful..
what if some day im supposed to catch some huge drunk violent man? im usually quite confident, yes but this, this is no joke man.
been reading the diary of anne frank, i cant help but admire how clever she seems to be and in some ways im quite envious of how she's able to write so well.. she was only 15 when she wrote it all down. gosh. hmm. i wonder whats next.
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