25/07/2023
COWS DON’T GIVE MILK
A peasant farmer used to say to his children when they were young: "When you all reach the age of 12, I will tell you the secret of life." So one day, when the oldest child turned 12, he anxiously asked his father what was the secret of life.
The father replied that he was going to tell him the secret, but that he should not reveal it to his brothers yet. "The secret of life is: the cow does not give milk."
"What are you saying?" asked the boy incredulously."
"Just what you hear, son: the cow does not give you milk,
" But dad, we are always drinking milk from the cow," the boy said.
"Yes, you do. But you have to milk it." The father said then went on. "You have to get up at 4 am in the morning, go to the field, walk through the cowshed full of fresh and dry dung, tie the tail, hobble the legs of the cow, sit on the stool, place the bucket between your legs, and do the work yourself." The man explained.
The son was shocked.
"That is the secret of life; the cow does not give milk. You either milk her or you don't get any milk," the old man concluded.
There is this generation that thinks that cows GIVE milk. That things are automatic and free. Their mentality is that "if I wish, I ask... I obtain." They have been accustomed to getting whatever they want the easy way. But no, life is not a matter of wishing, asking and obtaining. The things that one receives are the effort of what one does. Happiness is the result of effort. Lack of effort creates frustration.
So, remember to share this secret with your children, from a young age, the secret of life. So they don't grow up with the mentality that the government, their MP, their MCA, their parents, or their cute little faces is going to give them everything they need in life.
Remember 👇👇
"Cows don't give milk. You have to work for it."
Have a nice day.