A peasant used to say to his children when they were young: when you are 12 years old I will tell you the secret of life. When the oldest turned 12, he anxiously asked his father what was the secret of life. The father warned him not reveal it to his brothers as yet and told him, "The secret of life is that the cow does not give us milk." "What are you saying?" asked the boy.
He went ahead, "The cow does not give milk, you have to milk it. You have to get up at 4am go to the field, walk through the corral full of manure, tie the tail, hobble the legs of the cow, sit on the stool, place the bucket and do the work your self. That is the secret of life, the cow does not give milk. You milk her or you don't get milk."
There is this generation that thinks that cows GIVE milk. That things are automatic and free: their mentality is that if "I wish, I ask..... I obtain."
They have been accustomed to get what ever they want the easy way. But No, life is not a matter of wishing, asking and obtaining. The things that one receives are the effort of what one does. Happiness is the result of effort. Lack of effort creates frustration.
We should share with children from a young age, the secret of life. So they don't grow up with the mentality that the government, their parents, or their cute little faces are going to give them everything they need in life.
Remember, Cows don't give milk. We have to work for it.
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