Once there was a little tailor who was told his son had badly fractured his leg. The bearers of the news lamented, "Poor little tailor, to suffer such misfortune." But the tailor shrugged and replied, "Maybe not." The next day all the young men were drafted to fight in the czar's army except his son, exempted because of his leg.

Avram Davis in The Way of Flame: A Guide to the Forgotten Mystical Tradition of Jewish Meditation by Avram Davis

 

To Practice This Thought:
No matter what happens to you today, say "This is good!"

 

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