Don't despair... the horse can fly!
A Useful Summary
A king sentenced two individuals to death for a crime he had committed, setting the execution date for one month after the verdict was issued. One of them was resigned, humble, and despairing, clinging to a corner of the prison in tears, awaiting the day of execution.
The other, however, was clever and began thinking of a way to save himself, or at least prolong his life.
One night, he sat contemplating the sultan and his temperament, recalling that the sultan loved horseback riding. An idea struck him.
He summoned the prison guards, requesting an audience with the king for a serious matter. The king agreed to meet him and asked about the serious issue. The prisoner told him that he could teach his horse to fly within a year, provided his execution was postponed for one year.
The king agreed, imagining himself riding the only flying horse in the world.
The other prisoner heard the news and, in utter astonishment, said to him: "You know that horses do not fly. How can you dare propose such a crazy idea?"
The clever prisoner replied: "I know that, but I have given myself three possible chances to gain freedom: first, that the king dies during this year; second, that I might die, and the deathbed is more precious than execution; and third, that the horse might die."
Although this story is fictional and untrue, its meaning is valid. In every problem you face, do not despair or lose hope, nor settle for a single solution. Use your mind and intellect, and find dozens of solutions. Perhaps in one of them lies ease after hardship, and the removal of distress.
On March 27, 1964, the Anchorage earthquake, the capital of the US state of Alaska, struck and wiped it off the face of the earth within four and a half minutes with a magnitude of 9.2 on the Richter scale. Buildings were torn from their foundations or split in half. The city had a population of about 100,000 people. After 28 hours, it became clear that the residents had handled the situation with emotion and amazing cooperation. After the tremors subsided, people went out searching for those still alive, using ropes to lift those trapped under the rubble. Cars spread throughout the city.
Drivers began transporting the injured to hospitals, and everyone offered help in any way possible. This is a feeling that does not occur in ordinary days. According to sociologists, disasters bring out the best in human emotions. Others attribute such trials to religious reasons, saying that God wants us to empathize and show mercy to one another.
Disasters can also succeed in solving political and social problems. When the earthquake struck Indonesia in 2004, it created suitable conditions to end the civil war in the Aceh region. The "corona" epidemic helped reduce the crime rate in Britain, and pollution in New Delhi decreased significantly, with its skies turning clear and blue, free from environmental pollution. All countries agreed that government authority had strengthened after the spread of "corona," as it was the government that took health measures and played an active and effective role by injecting money into the economy and saving companies and losing sectors. In every matter, there is goodness. Perhaps in pain there is goodness, in disappointment there is goodness, in stumbling there is goodness, and in suffering there is goodness. Goodness lies in what God has chosen for us. Praise be to God, always and forever, and over all things.
