Here a Taoist tale with the unusual title, Good fortune rests upon disaster.\u00a0 Disaster lies hidden within good fortune.\u00a0 Who knows the standards?<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n There is a story of a farmer whose horse ran away.\u00a0 That evening the neighbors gathered to commiserate with him since this was such bad luck. He said, \u201cMaybe so, maybe not.\u201d\u00a0 The next day the horse returned, but brought with it six wild horses and the neighbors came exclaiming at his good fortune.\u00a0 He said, \u201cMaybe so, maybe not.\u201d\u00a0 And then the following day, his son tried to saddle and ride one of the wild horses, but was thrown and broke his leg.\u00a0 Again, the neighbors came to offer their sympathy for the misfortune.\u00a0 And he said, \u201cMaybe so, maybe not.\u201d\u00a0 The day after that, conscription officers came to the village to seize young men for the army, but because of the broken leg the farmer\u2019s son was rejected.\u00a0 When the neighbors came to say how fortunately everything had turned out, he said, \u201cMaybe so, maybe not.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This Taoist tale tells us to overcome our tendency to make rash judgments about our current situation in life.\u00a0 This would include having a serious problem with the IRS.\u00a0 This Taoist belief is called emptying the mind, or sitting and forgetting.\u00a0 \u00a0Most of our suffering in life is caused by our conceptions, which predispose us to see the world in particular ways that disrupt our ability to respond appropriately.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Before you jump to any incorrect conclusions about your problem with the IRS, you should seriously consider having a consultation with Scott Allen E.A.\u00a0 Scott knows the best option to settle your IRS tax debt.\u00a0 Scott can be reached at 480-926-9300.\u00a0 You will only talk with Scott and he will put your mind at ease.<\/p>\n Print off this blog and bring it with you at the initial consultation and receive $75.00 off any IRS resolution work we do. \u00a0One blog offer per client.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Those in Mesa AZ with an IRS Problem Here a Taoist tale with the unusual title, Good fortune rests upon disaster.\u00a0 Disaster lies hidden within good fortune.\u00a0 Who knows the standards? There is a story of a farmer whose horse ran away.\u00a0 That evening the neighbors gathered to commiserate with him since this was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,67],"tags":[86],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taxdebtadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1693"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taxdebtadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taxdebtadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taxdebtadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taxdebtadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/taxdebtadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7438,"href":"https:\/\/taxdebtadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1693\/revisions\/7438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taxdebtadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taxdebtadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taxdebtadvisors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}