Once upon a time, there was an old and a poor farmer in the ancient Chinese empire. He had the most beatiful horse in the land. The mare was so beatiful that the emperor proposed the farmer a treasure for the horse. But the farmer didn't accept. One day the mare ran away without leaving any signs/clues.
Folks of the village came and said :"You are so unfortunate, you didn't accept the treasure and look. You lost your horse now".
But the farmer replied :"Don't hurry to judge and to conclude with a decision, may be it is bad may be not..." .
Several days later, the mare returned with another stud horse. The villagers said:"How lucky you are. You had one horse, Now you have two...".
The farmer returned and stated:"You are in hurry for the decision. May be it is bad, may be not".
While the son of the farmer was trying to tame the stud, he falled down and broke his leg.Again the villagers came and said :"How unlucky you are. You had only one son caring you and your work and he broke his leg. Now you will be poorer than the past".
He returned and said again:"Don't decide that early, may be it is bad, may be not...".
Several days later the son of the farmer broke his leg, the enemy invaded the country. The emperor of the country published a decree and called all the young people for the army.
Villagers came and said : "How fortunate you are. Your son was not taken". To which the farmer replied :"Don't hurry up for the decision, may be it is bad may be not ...".
So here is the inference :
Don't hurry up for the decision. The brain progresses and develops until a decision is made. Whenever you decide on something the development stops. So after enough progress/development, a decision should be made.
By the way I am not a Taoist :).
