May 25 - Calves

Today, Todd, Andrew and Ross took three of the baby calves out of the barn and promoted them to a dry lot. These three calves are eating solid food and no longer require milk replacer. They left the comfort of the barn for the big world. In the world they found they were free to run, kick and play. They also found green grass and sunshine. It was fun to watch the calves experience the world outside of the barn for the first time. In a few days the dry lot will seem normal to them and they will have forgotten life in the barn.

This makes me think about times in my life that I experienced change. There have been times in my life that I have been in awe, you could say that I was running, kicking and playing to celebrate how good life was. Soon the “good life” became a normal life and I forgot about how good things were. Reflecting back to our first house. We were so excited to have a house at first we felt like it was a palace, but after time it did not feel like such a palace. We had gotten used to the standard of living in a house vs. an apartment. I remember when I was promoted to a Unit Manager and was assigned to my first “office”. I felt so special to have an “office” (actually it was a cubical with five foot walls).

My point is, as people, we soon forget where we have come from and how good we have it. I am going to take time to run, kick and play to celebrate the life I have today!

Blessings