Friday, May 27, 2011

Mulla Stories # 27 - What is Fate

A certain man asked Mullah Nasruddin ,

- What is the meaning of fate, Mullah Nasruddin ?

- Assumptions, Mullah Nasruddin replied.

- In what way? the man asked again.

Mullah Nasruddin looked at him and said,

- You assume things are going to go well, and they don't - that you call bad luck.

You assume things are going to go badly and they don't - that you call good luck.

You assume that certain things are going to happen or not happen - and you so lack intuition that you don't know what is going to happen.

You assume that the future is unknown. When you are caught out - you call that Fate.

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