Releasing the Cows One day a Priest was sitting in the wood with thirty or forty monks. They had an excellent lunch and they were enjoying the company of each other. There was a farmer passing by and the farmer was very unhappy. He asked the priest and the monks whether they had seen his cows passing by. The priest said they had not seen any cows passing by. The farmer said, Monks, Im so unhappy. I have twelve cows and I dont know why they all ran away. I have also a few acres of a sesame seed plantation and the insects have eaten up everything. I suffer so much I think I am going to kill myself. The priest said, My friend, we have not seen any cows passing by here. You might like to look for them in the other direction. So the farmer thanked him and ran away, and the priest turned to his monks and said, My dear friends, you are the happiest people in the world. You dont have any cows to lose. If you have too many cows to take care of, you will be very busy. That is why, in order to be happy, you have to learn the art of cow releasing (laughter). You release the cows one by one. In the beginning you thought that those cows were essential to your happiness, and you tried to get more and more cows. But now you realize that cows are not really conditions for your happiness; they constitute an obstacle for your happiness. That is why you are determined to release your cows. LESSON Thomas Jefferson once said, that our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits. We need not to pre-occupy ourselves with material things but with the giver of material things; our God. This ultimately helps us to understand that the best feeling in the world is realizing that youre perfectly happy without the thing you thought you needed. Remember good people that being happy doesnt mean youre perfect. It just means youve decided to look beyond the imperfections. GOOD PEOPLE, ARE YOU READY TO RELEASE YOUR COWS????
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 06:19:04 +0000