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Kill the Cow.
A family lives on the outskirts of a remote village on a small plot of land. The family owned one cow. Each day they lived from the milk of the cow. If there is little milk, they eat little. If there is lots of milk, they eat well. The life of the mother, the father, the children depend on the cow.
One autumn day, a lone traveler stops at the village. He is hungry. The family share their milk. The traveler is grateful.
The traveler wishes to return the favor and help the family. He doesn’t know how to help the family. He hears that there is a wise man in the village. He walks over to the home of the wise man.
“I was hungry and the family fed me. I would like to help them. How can I help this family?”
The wise man said “Kill the cow”.
“Kill it? How can that help them? They depend for their lives on that cow”.
The wise man repeated “Kill the cow”.
The traveler was nervous about following such strange advice’ but the reputation of the wise man was such that he went ahead and killed the cow.
A year later the traveler happened to pass again through the village. He noticed new shops and a thriving market. He saw a new hotel that provided beds and food to the travelers who came for the market.
The traveler entered the hotel. Behind the bar he found the eldest son of the family of the cow. The man was standing tall, smiling and happy. The traveler greeted him and asked, “What happened?”.
“We lost our cow. There was no milk. We had to go out and do something to eat. We set up a small market, it grew. We set up this hotel, it is growing. Without the milk from our cow, we had to try new things.”
Silently to himself, the traveler reflected on the power of the wise man’s words.
“Kill the cow”.
Where are the cow’s in your life?
My cow is living in one continent for a decade. 😉
How is that working out for you…:)