How many times have you heard this one? How many times have you used this statement?
Growing up on a farm I got to see this in action. Often times you would see a big cow in a pasture full of grass poking her head out of the fence to get to the grass on the other side. Then there were the cows that really took this to a new level that would break through the fence to get to the greener grass.
On Twitter the other day I was messaging with a new follower. I always ask:
How’s life treating you?
It’s such a simple question but I find that the most positive people answer it. I find the responses mostly positive and inspirational. I had a particular follower respond that, life was good but you know the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
For some reason at the moment I read that a new thought occurred to me.
Why do we humans compare ourselves to a big dumb cow? (I know that from personal experience as well:-) We are not big, dumb cows. We get to make hundreds of choices everyday. These choices determine what our pasture looks like or if we are confined to a pasture at all!
This thought also made me think of Jerry Clark’s CD Murphy’s Committee. If you have listened to it you know that he talks about cows and rhino’s. He talks about settling in the pasture with the other cows or entering into the jungle with your inner rhino and making it to the other side.
Combining these two thoughts in my head brought about this response from me to my new follower:
“If the grass is greener on the other side put your head down like a rhino and blow through the fence.”
Thankfully the reader appreciated it and let me know it by replying, “Good one, I appreciate that insight”.
My thought to you is if you feel like you are stuck in a “pasture” evaluate what kind of choices you are making on a daily basis.
How many hours are you wasting in front of a TV?
How many inspiring books have you read this month, this year, or this lifetime?
What challenges are you taking on that will make you grow as a person?
Are you giving up when the going gets tough?
You see we are not even close to being cows. If the grass appears greener on the other side of the fence we can use this amazing thing behind our eyeballs called a brain. (Cows have a brain but it is very small compared to ours:-) We can choose to use it to keep us where we are at, or, to propel us closer to our goals and dreams.
To be completely honest with you, it can be a jungle out there. You will come about challenges outside of the pasture. These challenges will test you to the limit. But, if you take each one and be grateful for the learning experience it provides soon you will develop thicker skin. With thicker skin you will weather these challenges better and better each time! Before you know it you will have grown into the successful person you knew was hiding inside of you all along!
Get out of you comfort zone.
Make great things happen today!
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