GOOD or BAD? Hard to say

A king once went on a hunting trip with his followers. He loved wild life and would cut himself loose when he went hunting. On this particular trip he got himself lost while chasing after his prey. As he searched around for his party he was attacked by a pack of wild dogs. His right thumb was badly bitten and after a diagnosis, the physician had to amputate his thumb to prevent infection. The king felt tremendously upset and asked his advisor why this happened to him. The advisor thought for a while and told the king:"Good or Bad, hard to say." "What nonsense?" the king said,"I've been bitten so badly. How can this be a good thing? What kind of advice is this?" In his anger he threw the advisor into prison. Months passed and the king went on one of those hunting trips again. And he got lost again. This time he was captured by cannibals. A cauldron was prepared for their sacrifice and when the fire was ready, they got ready their sacrifice - the captured king. On the way to sacrificing the king, one of the cannibals noticed the king had a missing thumb. He screamed out to his people that this sacrifice was 'imperfect'. As a result, the king was set free.

When he returned to the palace, the king summoned his advisor and said to him,"you are indeed right to say that by losing my thumb, it could be a good or bad thing. If not for this, I would have been eaten by the cannibals. I'm sorry for putting you in prison." "My lord," replied the advisor,"it's also not a bad thing for me to be in prison, because if i had not been in prison, i would have been sacrificed instead."

So good or bad, its really hard to say. Its how you look at it.