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Several times during Haydn’s journey through cancer, we anxiously awaited news or results that didn’t always go the way we expected. In Acceptance (Chapter 2 in Nineteen), we share this ancient Chinese story, widely taught to all Chinese children, which helped temper our anxiousness: A long time ago in China there was a man whose total material possessions consisted of one horse. One day the horse disappeared, and the neighbor said, “O dear! That is such bad luck.” “Maybe yes, maybe no,” replied the old man. The next day the horse returned with a herd of wild horses. To which the neighbor exclaimed, “Wow, that is such good luck!” “Maybe yes, maybe no,” replied the old man. A couple of days later the old man’s son tried to get up on one of the horses but was thrown off and broke his leg. When the neighbor heard of this accident he came around to the old man’s place and said, “My friend, this is really bad luck!” “Maybe yes, maybe no,” replied the old man. That same evening the army sent their recruiters around to all the local villages to enlist every strong and able-bodied man in the region. With his broken leg, the old man’s son did not get enlisted and stayed home to heal. On hearing the news, the neighbor exclaimed, “Now that is a stroke of good luck!” “Maybe yes, maybe no,” replied the old man. We just never know. Proud to be supporting @teenage_cancer with all author proceeds from Nineteen. Tap the link in our bio to purchase a copy of Nineteen. #acceptance #strength #growth #gratitude #personalgrowth #faith #bahai #spiritualgrowth #spirituality #trustgod #confidence #service #humanity #LifeAndDeath #LifeAfterDeath #deathdoula #Soul #Mindfulness #Faithoverfear #authorssupportingauthors #newauthor