What Perspective would You Choose?

Long long ago in the ancient times, there lived a king who ruled over a large country. Being the ruler of such a large country he was overwhelmed with the various projects and events that were occuring concurrently in his country. It came to a point where he can no longer take it, and he decided to form a counsel of wise man to help lighten his burdern and to provide him with advices.

So the wisest man were gathered from all corners of his country and among them, the wisest was a scholar by the name of Zion. He had a happy disposition and a very positive outlook towards everything in life regardless of how dire the situation was. Because of his counsel, the country thrived and he was also promoted to the position of Grand Advisor, the King's right hand man.

One day the King went out to the forest for a hunting trip. He had a little mishap and as a result the tip of his index finger was sliced off. Feeling fustrated and in pain, he summoned Zion to complain about how hapless he was.

After listening to the King's complaint, Zion replied with a smile," My King, all things in this world happened for a reason and I'm sure this is a belssing in disguised. So instead of frowning why not choose to smile? "

The King was infurated by what Zion said and ordered him to be incarcerated immediately.

A few days passed and the King forget about that incident and so was Zion too.

Months later, the king went out for a hunting trip again. Unfortunately this time his entourage was attacked and captured by a wild tribe. And it is the custom of the tribe to offer the leader of their captured group to their Gods as a form of respect. So the King was tied to the platform and preparations were made to burn him alive.

The rituals began admist dancing tribesman and chanting. Suddenly the witch gave a loud shreak and ordered the King to be removed from the platform as she realised that one of the King's index finger had been sliced off and in their custom it is an insult to Gods to offer them incomplete offerings.

So the King was realeased and was replaced by his followers. After trudging for few hours the King returned to his country. He was immediately reminded of his Grand Advisor Zion whom he had imprisoned not long ago. It was then that he realised that what Zion said then made sense and so he immeditately summoned Zion to him.

The King said apologetically," Zion I can finally understand and appreciate what you said to me during our last hunting trip so please forgive me for doing things in the spur of the moment."

Zion replied with a smile," My dear majesty I should be the one who should thank you for if you haven't imprisoned me that day, guess who would be sacrificed as an offerring on the platform today? "

So as you can see from this anecdote, there are always 2 perspectives on things that you can choose to see it from. The positive or the negative. So what would you choose?