We reflexively label people, places, events and things as good or bad depending on our current preferences. Ultimately, there’s no such thing as good or bad. Those designations are personal preferences that cause us to either feel good or suffer. What we consider good and bad are constantly born out of one another. What seems unfortunate to us in one moment reveals itself over time to be good fortune and vice versa. The parable of the farmer who loses his horse instructs us to stay humble and maintain our equanimity by practicing the wisdom of…
Not knowing.
