In all situations, Wait and See.

I once heard a story about an old farmer who was barely scraping by. He and his son did all they could to survive on their farm. One day, a terrible storm flooded his fields and he lost all of his crops. His son began to weep in despair, but the farmer said, “Let’s just wait and see.” The next day, the flood had caused a heard of wild horses to escape the valley and they had made their way into the farmer’s large pen. His son screamed with delight, saying that they were now rich. But the farmer shook his head. “Let’s wait and see,” he told his son. About a week later, the son was trying to break the horses when one threw him to the ground, breaking his leg in several places. All of the villagers came and helped the farmer move his son to their home. “Oh, how terrible this is,” they told the old Farmer. “Not necessarily. We must wait and see.” As the youth healed, the Lord of the land came and collected all of the young men from the village to join his war party in what was expected to be a suicide mission. “But my son is lame, Lord. He cannot ride with you. Here, take this horse in his stead,” the Farmer said. The Lord of the land and all of those that rode with him that day fell, but the Farmer and his son grew old and wealthy. Take this from the story: in every tragedy, there can be triumph. And in every triumph, you may find tragedy. The important thing is to keep a level head and never assume you know where the path will lead you.