You Never Know

2020 has sprung lots of surprises and uncertainties at us and it has reached a point when we are unsure of what the coming months have in store for us. Some people are questioning the lockdown measures as eventually the pandemic has spread all around despite them. 

The following story is a good one to take us through this year of uncertainty.

A Sultan sentenced two men to death. One of the men, knowing how much the sultan liked his stallion, offered to teach the horse to fly within a year if the sultan would spare him his life.

The sultan liked the thought of seeing himself as the rider of the only flying horse in the world, so he readily agreed to spare him if he can make his horse fly in a year.

"You're mad,” said the other prisoner when they were alone. “You know that horses can't fly. You're only buying time and putting off the inevitable by an year.”

"Not so,” said the first prisoner. “I have four chances of escaping my sentence.

First, the sultan might die.

Secondly, I might die.

Thirdly, the horse might die.

And fourth...I might teach the horse to fly.”

Moral of the story: Let us not get bogged down with a pessimistic view of a bleak future. Let us keep the hope alive even at the darkest hour as we can never be too sure of what the future holds for us.