Frustrated

9th March 2010

It has been frustrating…



Imagine this….



There was a farmer who has 6 cows and 7 plots of fields. Day by day, the 6 cows followed the Farmer’s instructions ploughing those 6 plots of fields individually, without question.

Everyday, the 6 cows felt really drained out of energy, but they seldom complain. Let alone to suggest to Farmer about buying a Tractor, in order to cut down their workload.

After working for a few months, there is this pearly, pure white cow suddenly have a thought while doing the routine ploughing. So he went up to the Farmer and speak to him in a respectful manner, “Farmer, may I suggest that 6 of us plough 1 single field together instead of ploughing individually?”

Farmer looked into the blank and paused for a few seconds. He said, “Continue to work hard and we can finally move to a bigger farm.” Following this sentence, the Farmer walked off, whistling away towards his hut. The White cow felt dejected, he hoped that Farmer could at least clarify with him that why doesn’t he like White cow’s idea?

Another few days passed, still the same old process in a scorching hot afternoon. A loud ‘Moooo..’ was heard from 2 fields away. Every cow dashed over to the direction of the sound. 1 of the 6 cows fainted on the field, due to heat exhaustion. This sick cow was taken back for a rest. On the next day, 5 cows have to plough 7 fields with the same method. Yet another cow fell to heat exhaustion.

Yet the Farmer seems unmoved, and not thinking a bit of what White cow suggested. Instead, he borrowed a few cows from his neighbours to work, until those 2 sick cows recovered. But this time round, Farmer used White cow’s method and the cows were happily looking after each others, working legs in legs.

In the mind of White cow, he always thought that these could be prevented if Farmer could adhere his advice. He knew his suggestion may not work, but isn’t it worth a try? They might not arrived at current situation if suggestion was taken, long long ago.