Bujibuji Simba Nyamaume
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This Is Good
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The story is told of a king in Africa who had a
close friend
with whom he grew up. The friend had a
habit of looking at
every situation that ever occurred in his life
(positive or
negative) and remarking, "This is good!"
One day the king and his friend were out on a
hunting
expedition. The friend would load and
prepare the guns for the
king. The friend had apparently done
something wrong in
preparing one of the guns, for after taking the
gun from his
friend, the king fired it and his thumb was
blown off.
Examining the situation, the friend remarked
as usual,
"This is good!"
To which the king replied, "No, this is not
good!"
and proceeded to send his friend to jail.
About a year later, the king was hunting in an
area that he
should have known to stay clear of. Cannibals
captured him and
took him to their village. They tied his hands,
stacked some
wood, set up a stake and bound him to the
stake.
As they came near to set fire to the wood,
they noticed that the
king was missing a thumb. Being
superstitious, they never ate
anyone who was less than whole. So untying
the king, they sent
him on his way.
As he returned home, he was reminded of the
event that had taken
his thumb and felt remorse for his treatment
of his friend.
He went immediately to the jail to speak with
his friend.
"You were right," he said, "it was good that
my thumb was blown
off." And he proceeded to tell the friend all
that had just
happened. "And so, I am very sorry for
sending you to jail for
so long. It was bad for me to do this."
"No," his friend replied, "This is also good!"
"What do you mean, 'This is good'?
How could it be good that I sent my friend to
jail for a year?"
"If I had not been in jail, I would have been
with you."
Every thing happening to you is Good, if you
take it positively!
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The story is told of a king in Africa who had a
close friend
with whom he grew up. The friend had a
habit of looking at
every situation that ever occurred in his life
(positive or
negative) and remarking, "This is good!"
One day the king and his friend were out on a
hunting
expedition. The friend would load and
prepare the guns for the
king. The friend had apparently done
something wrong in
preparing one of the guns, for after taking the
gun from his
friend, the king fired it and his thumb was
blown off.
Examining the situation, the friend remarked
as usual,
"This is good!"
To which the king replied, "No, this is not
good!"
and proceeded to send his friend to jail.
About a year later, the king was hunting in an
area that he
should have known to stay clear of. Cannibals
captured him and
took him to their village. They tied his hands,
stacked some
wood, set up a stake and bound him to the
stake.
As they came near to set fire to the wood,
they noticed that the
king was missing a thumb. Being
superstitious, they never ate
anyone who was less than whole. So untying
the king, they sent
him on his way.
As he returned home, he was reminded of the
event that had taken
his thumb and felt remorse for his treatment
of his friend.
He went immediately to the jail to speak with
his friend.
"You were right," he said, "it was good that
my thumb was blown
off." And he proceeded to tell the friend all
that had just
happened. "And so, I am very sorry for
sending you to jail for
so long. It was bad for me to do this."
"No," his friend replied, "This is also good!"
"What do you mean, 'This is good'?
How could it be good that I sent my friend to
jail for a year?"
"If I had not been in jail, I would have been
with you."
Every thing happening to you is Good, if you
take it positively!
