Two traveling ninjas stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the ninjas stay in the mansion's guest room. Instead the ninjas were given a small space in the cold basement. As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older ninja saw a hole in the wall and repaired it. When the younger ninja asked why, the older ninja replied,
'Things aren't always what they seem.'
The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable farmer and his wife. After sharing what little food they had the couple let the ninjas sleep in their bed where they could have a good night's rest. When the sun came up the next morning the ninjas found the farmer and his wife in tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their sole income, lay dead in the field.
The younger ninja was infuriated and asked the older ninja.
‘How could you have let this happen? The first man had everything, yet you helped him,‘ the ninja accused. ‘The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you let the cow die.’
'Things aren't always what they seem,' the older ninja replied.
'When we stayed in the basement of the mansion, I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so obsessed with greed and unwilling to share his good fortune, I sealed the wall so he wouldn't find it.'
'Then last night as we slept in the farmers bed, a vampire came for his wife. I gave him the cow instead. Things aren't always what they seem.'
Sometimes that is exactly what happens when things don't turn out the way they should. If you have faith, you just need to trust that every outcome is always to your advantage. You just might not know it until some time later...
(i got this from my mum via emails, thnx mum)
