Maybe

Read this somewhere sometime back, thought of it today, searched and found it on some blog. The-10-very-best-zen-stories

Maybe

Once upon the time there was an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years. One day his horse ran away. Upon hearing the news, his neighbors came to visit. “Such bad luck,” they said sympathetically.

“Maybe,” the farmer replied.

The next morning the horse returned, bringing with it three other wild horses. “How wonderful,” the neighbors exclaimed.

“Maybe,” replied the old man.

The following day, his son tried to ride one of the untamed horses, was thrown, and broke his leg. The neighbors again came to offer their sympathy on his misfortune.

“Maybe,” answered the farmer.

The day after, military officials came to the village to draft young men into the army. Seeing that the son’s leg was broken, they passed him by. The neighbors congratulated the farmer on how well things had turned out.

“Maybe,” said the farmer.

the coming counterculture

Some blogger took the time to type down his thoughts and they echo with mine. I hope to find some way to fight our car culture. Now with Lit Motors C1, cars have become an 'unnecessary evil'. 

I am not a paid blogger for Lit Motors. This is a great product to disrupt transportation and can't wait to see the production cost go down and its adoption go up.

Cars are a similar technology. They have impacted our cities so much that it’s difficult to live without one. Trying to get out of the system is impossible, and would negatively affect your quality of life. You are locked in. But when that “locked in” feeling is dictated by a single company — Facebook — it becomes a bit more frightful. http://delw.in/the-coming-counterculture/

No fights with Facebook for now, I have made my peace with it (by not being a direct user).