Full Catastrophe Business-Building: The Story Behind Rolling in D🤦🏻♀️h (Part 4)
We'll See.
This is the fourth post in a four-part series—catch up on the first three here:
I am reminded of Jon Kabat-Zinn’s 2013 book, Full Catastrophe Living, that apparently I purchased in 2018 but admittedly haven’t read . . . yet. Maybe now’s a good time as any?!
Breadwinner x Business Owner compounds that catastrophe — at least in the “bad” times; in the good, it provides incredible rewards of meaning, purpose, freedom, and generosity.
I am also reminded of my favorite Chinese proverb that encourages less impulsively judgmental reactions to the events of our lives, “We’ll see.”
Here’s a version from Buddha Grove:
There lived an old farmer who had worked in his fields for many, many years. One day, his horse bolted away. His neighbors dropped in to commiserate with him. “What awful luck,” they tut-tutted sympathetically, to which the farmer only replied, “We’ll see.”
Next morning, to everyone’s surprise, the horse returned, bringing with it three other wild horses. “How amazing is that!” they exclaimed in excitement. The old man replied, “We’ll see.”
A day later, the farmer’s son tried to mount one of the wild horses. He was thrown on the ground and broke his leg. Once more, the neighbors came by to express their sympathies for this stroke of bad luck. “We’ll see,” said the farmer politely.
The next day, the village had some visitors – military officers who had come with the purpose of drafting young men into the army. They passed over the farmer’s son, thanks to his broken leg. The neighbors patted the farmer on his back – how lucky he was to not have his son join the army!
“We’ll see . . . ”