Once upon a time, there was a farmer in the central region of China. He didn't have a lot of money and, instead of a tractor, he used an old horse to plow his field. 

One afternoon, while working in the field, the horse dropped dead. Everyone in the village said, "Oh, what a horrible thing to happen."

The farmer said simply, "We'll see."

He was so at peace and so calm, that everyone in the village got together and, admiring his attitude, gave him a new horse as a gift. 

Everyone's reaction now was, "What a lucky man."

And the farmer said, "We'll see." 

A couple days later, the new horse jumped a fence and ran away. Everyone in the village shook their heads and said, "What a poor fellow!"

The farmer smiled and said, "We'll see."

Eventually, the horse found his way home, and everyone again said, "What a fortunate man." 

The farmer said, "We'll see."

Later in the year, the farmer's young boy went out riding on the horse and fell and broke his leg.

Everyone in the village said, "What a shame for the poor boy."

The farmer said, "We'll see."

Two days later, the army came into the village to draft new recruits. When they saw that the farmer's son had a broken leg, they decided not to recruit him.

Everyone said, "What a fortunate young man."

The farmer smiled again - and said "We'll see."

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It reminds me of what happened on February 3rd, 1959 ("the day the music died"). 

Buddy Holly's band finished a concert in Clear Lake, Iowa, and had to get to Fargo, North Dakota for the next one. 

Waylon Jennings was playing bass for the band and had one of the seats booked on their plane - which seemed like a great thing because the tour buses they were using were constantly breaking down and it would be a hard, cold bus ride to North Dakota (it was so bad that some band members had gotten frostbite on the bus during the tour). 

But at the last moment he agreed to give up his seat to J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) because Richardson was sick and the frozen bus ride would have been too hard on him.

It would seem like a bad thing to lose a seat on the plane for the frigid, uncomfortably long bus ride, but the plane crashed - killing Holly, Richardson, Richie Valens and the pilot Roger Peterson. 

Does this have business applications? 

Definitely.

Entrepreneurs will experience daily ups and downs as they grow their businesses. 

(If you aren't experiencing any challenges, you aren't taking many risks). 

If you're emotional and get worked up over every bump in the road, you'll get distracted from your mission. 

Remember that things that appear to be bad may end up as being good for you, and vice-versa. 

Although you can't control everything that happens in your business, you can take steps to protect yourself. 

One way is with consistent revenue coming in from emailing your list. 

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