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In district meeting our district leader talked about a parable. It's called "Kill the Cow." Trust me, it sounds even weirder in Spanish, but it's a true principle. I'll tell you the story.
I tried sharing this parable in a lesson once. Goodbye Spirit...
Anyway, love you all, hope you have a great week!In district meeting our district leader talked about a parable. It's called "Kill the Cow." Trust me, it sounds even weirder in Spanish, but it's a true principle. I'll tell you the story.
A young man was finishing his training with his wise
mentor. For the final lesson to his diligent student, the wise man took
him to the house of a very poor family. The wise man took his student to
the barn and where they found the poor family's only cow, upon which
they depended heavily. The wise man said to his student that for the
final lesson, they had to kill the cow. The young man was very confused,
but in the end he did as his mentor instructed. The wise man and the
young man parted ways.
Two years later, the man came back to the poor family's house. However, instead of finding the humble home there was in its place a much better house. Surely the family moved, the man thought, and he knocked on the door to inquire what had become of the poor family that had lived there previously. The owner of the house, however, told the man that they were the same family that had lived there for years, it was just that two years ago someone had killed their cow, their only source of income. As a result, they had had to find other ways to provide, and those other ways turned out to be much better than just getting by on their one cow. They were now quite well off, thanks to whoever killed their cow.
This story has helped me a lot to recognize a lot of
habits in my life, a lot of perceptions about myself and about the
people around me that have worked in the past and that are good (and
probably would continue to work) but that
are also impeding my personal progress. So here's my challenge for you:
find out what your cow is and kill it. You'll be so happy you did!Two years later, the man came back to the poor family's house. However, instead of finding the humble home there was in its place a much better house. Surely the family moved, the man thought, and he knocked on the door to inquire what had become of the poor family that had lived there previously. The owner of the house, however, told the man that they were the same family that had lived there for years, it was just that two years ago someone had killed their cow, their only source of income. As a result, they had had to find other ways to provide, and those other ways turned out to be much better than just getting by on their one cow. They were now quite well off, thanks to whoever killed their cow.
I tried sharing this parable in a lesson once. Goodbye Spirit...
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