I'm Gritchin Rubin and this is a little happier. I love fables, paradoxes, coons, parables,

all kinds of teaching stories. And one of my favorite teaching stories is a story that my mother

often tells. It's one of her favorite stories in our family. We often allude to it. And there are

many versions of this story, but here's a basic version. Once upon a time, there was a farmer.

And the farmer had a horse and the horse ran away and the neighbor said, oh such bad luck.

And the farmer said, how do you know? And then the horse returned the next week with another horse.

So now he had two horses. And the neighbor said, oh such good luck. And the farmer said, how do you

know? And the farmer had a son and the son rode the new horse and was thrown off the horse and

fell and broke his leg. And the neighbor said, oh such bad luck. And the farmer said, how do you

know? And then the army swept through the town and they were conscripting all the young men and

forcing them to go into the military. But they couldn't take the farmer's son because the farmer's

son was in bed with a broken leg. And the neighbor said, oh such good luck. And the farmer said, how do

you know? And this is a story that's a good reminder that often we can't really know what's good news

or bad news or good luck or bad luck. How do we know? I'm Gretchen Riven and I hope this makes your

week a little happier.