Why did the Cow Cross the Road?
Why did the Cow Cross the Road?
There’s nothing quite like living in an agricultural community. You never know what strange experiences each day holds. This morning, on my way to an appointment, I was driving behind a car who suddenly hit their breaks, red lights shining brightly. I quickly hit my brakes and wondered why we were stopping and then noticed a big black cow standing in the right lane. We were on the crest of a hill and couldn’t drive around it for fear of being struck head-on by another vehicle. The driver in front of me beeped her horn, inched toward the animal, even tried shewing it but the bovine paid no attention. Finally, after what seemed like forever, the cow sauntered off the road and into the brush. Shaking my head, I carefully drove past it and wondered how and why it was in this place at this time.
Life’s road is similar to my experience this morning. You never know what’s going to cross your path, stand in your way, refuse to be moved. Many times we try to force, coerce, bribe our way around obstacles but they stubbornly resist movement of any kind. Sometimes the obstacle is the path, the lesson, which needs to be learned before it moves on. Other times life makes less sense and an obstacle is simply a barrier we must figure out how to move or get around.
Whatever the obstacle, no matter how big, imposing, or frustrating we should remember this too shall pass. All things are transient and nothing lasts forever.
blessings,
@BrianLoging (Twitter)
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Posted on January 24, 2018, in Mindfulness and tagged #agricultural, #around, #barrier, #before, #big, #black, #blessings, #bovine, #breaks, #bribe, #brightly, #carefully, #coerce, #Cow, #crest, #drive, #experience, #experiences, #fear, #figure, #Finally, #force, #forever, #front, #frustrating, #getaround, #head-on, #hill, #imposing, #kind, #lasts, #learned, #lesson, #lesssense, #lifes, #living, #matter, #moved, #movement, #moves, #neverknow, #noattention, #nothing, #noticed, #obstacle, #obstacles, #path, #quickly, #redlights, #refuse, #remember, #resist, #road, #sauntered, #Shaking, #shallpass, #shewing, #shining, #stand, #standing, #stopping, #strange, #struck, #stubbornly, #time, #toward, #transient, #wondered, Community, cross, each day holds. This morning, I was #driving, on my way to an appointment. Bookmark the permalink. 1 Comment.
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Yes. One day coming home, we ended up behind every slow moving truck possible. We took side roads to get away (couldn’t go around big trucks on two-lane roads) and still got stuck behind something slow-moving. I blew my top finally, and so did the husband. Later, I sheepishly, and repentantly, realized I had failed the test of patience…again. A week later the same thing happened on a different road! We both took deep breaths, relaxed, determined to pass this test! Ha.
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