Never Miss the First Opportunity . .
A young man wished to
marry the farmer's beautiful daughter. He went to the farmer to ask his
rmission. The farmer looked him over and said, "Son, go stand out in
that field. I'm going to release three bulls,
one at a time. If you can catch the tail of any one of the three bulls, you can marry my daughter."
The young man stood in the pasture awaiting the first
bull. The barn door opened and out ran the biggest, meanest-looking
bull he had ever seen. He decided that one of the next bulls had to be a
better
choice than this one, so he ran over to the side and let the
bull pass through the pasture out the back gate. The barn door opened
again. Unbelievable. He had never seen anything so big and fierce in his
life.
It stood pawing the ground, grunting, slinging slobber
as it eyed him. Whatever the next bull was like, it had to be a better
choice than this one. He ran to the fence and let the bull pass through
the pasture, out the back gate.
The door opened a third time. A
smile came across his face. This was the weakest, scrawniest little
bull he had ever seen. This one was his bull. As the bull came running
by, he positioned himself just right and jumped at just the exact
moment. He grabbed... but the bull had no tail!
Life is full of
opportunities. Some will be easy to take advantage of, some will be
difficult. But once we let them pass (often in hopes of something
better), those opportunities may never again be available. So always
grab the first opportunity . . .
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