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Now here's today's news, discerned differently.

This story could be more than 2,000 years old.

A farmer's horse ran away.

His neighbor commiserated with him on his loss.

But the farmer replied, who knows what is good or bad.

This proved true when the horse returned the next day,

bringing with it a group of wild horses it had befriended. The neighbor reappeared

to congratulate the farmer on his windfall, only to hear the same reply, who knows what is good or bad.

The farmer was right again, as the next day his son tried to mount one of the wild horses and fell,

breaking his leg. Again his neighbor commiserated with him, only to hear a

third time, who knows what is good or bad. And a fourth time the farmer's wisdom prevailed.

The following day, soldiers came by commandeering young men for the army, but his son was exempted

because of his injury.

This ancient tale illustrates an important fact. Much of life consists not in what happens to us,

but how we respond to what happens to us.

Whether we choose to be pessimists or optimists,

we find that we are usually right.

And if we choose to be an optimist, studies find that we are usually right. And if we choose to be an optimist,

studies show that we are likely to live better and longer. Researchers have discovered direct

links between optimism and better cardiac health, a stronger immune system, better lung

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