Lesson of the Hereford Cows

An old cowboy said he had learned life's most important lessons from Hereford cows. All his life he had worked cattle ranches where winter storms took a heavy toll among the herds. Freezing rains whipped across the prairies. Howling, bitter winds piled snow into enormous drifts. Temperatures might drop quickly to below zero degrees. Flying ice cut into the flesh. In this maelstorn of nature's violence most cattle would turn their backs to the ice blast and slowly drift downward, mile upon mile. Finally, intercepted by a boundary fence, they would pile up against the barrier and die by the scores.

But the Herefords acted differently. Cattle of this breed would instinctively head into the windward end of the range. There they would stand shoulder-to-shoulder facing the storms blast, deads down against it's onslaught.

"You always found the Herefords alive and well," said the cowboy. "I guess its the greatest lesson I ever learned on the prairies---just face life's storms.

From the book:"Adversity" by Elaine Cannon (1987)