Mildred and the lessons she learned the hard way.
Everything you want is on the other side of fear. You must activate your own impact on life. It is the way Affiliate Marketing works. Find items that everyone wants to buy, popular to the largest group of people. “Tend to and water the garden of your growth.” Embrace the newness of the training and learn what works for profit. Throw caution to the wind and jump right into the middle of it all. As you learn new lessons, you will win the confidence and gain the security that comes from following through.
You must untangle your grasping, white knuckles from that imaginary arm-of-steel that holds you to the chair near the TV. Wrangle that suction until you can detach your arm and stand up. Go to your computer! Release that negative energy. That thinking that it might not work, that feeling that the computer is to blame for your lack of business clients. Work instead to learn more and to become successful. The road to success is right in front of you.
Do you hear voices of “how” in your head? Do you wrinkle your forehead and frown in confusion? If so, read this story.
Mildred the Timid Cow
There once was a cow named Mildred. She was born in the last months of the year, not in the spring. Spring is the standard time for births with all the other calves. Mildred had sad eyes because of the teasing she got from the herd, which was full of many of the older cows. They called her ”funny-tail” and laughed at her every day galloping around the hay trough and water hole. She felt forgotten and censored. She chose to never go early to the barn or push her way in front of the older cows waiting to be fed first. She walked slower and tried to keep out of their way. They made a chant about her and teased her all the more. Her happy moments were withheld inside her, like a locked diary.
“There she comes now, late as ever,” they said childishly. “Is she black or brown, when is she going to town, let’s push her to the ground.”
Then when she delayed coming to the barn for hay, they would loudly sing out, “Always behind, just like an old cows’ tail. Always behind, just like a wet swishing tail. When you get next to the milking pail, He will just look up and say, take that tail to jail. Always behind, just like an old cows’ tail.”
They taunted with “The farmer will wonder if your milk has already soured before he gets to hook up those suckers because you are always late.” Then they would laugh even louder at Mildred, with their mouths open and teeth showing.
One day they even banded together, got in a ‘C’ shape around her, and pushed her into the huge, sloppy, and stinky mud hole. She was so embarrassed. Her legs flew over her head and she had a terrible time trying to turn back over to get her hooves on the ground again. She found out too late that the hole was so deep that she couldn’t just climb out. She just began bellowing and baying, crying to the farmer to help her get out. She didn’t know that the stink would last day after day. It was sort of like the smell of skunks. Oh, by the way; Making typing errors always stinks to your readers.
Mildred also moo’ed to the other new calves, warning them about the abuse the older cows had been giving her. They began to believe that Mildred’s treatment would happen to them too.
Mildred was the first registered and purebred purchase the farmer made this year. This made her the farmer’s favorite. The older cows did not know this. They were just mean and nasty because she was the newest calf in the herd.
Have you heard the term, “scary cows?” How about “scary cats?” When you hear nothing but word attacks from others, you doubt your creativity, your core worth. It is similar to being beaten with a belt. Like a worn battery, your light could be about to go out. Find a safe quiet place you can rest and regroup. You are valuable!
When you ask your questions for assistance from others, be sure to take notes and review all the answers given. Pay attention to those who are experienced in the subjects you are confused about. When you have the procedures all accomplished, be sure to thank that person that was assisting you. It’s the polite thing to do. “You can catch more flies with sugar than with vinegar.” Be a good example!
The farmer loved this calf not only because she was born on his son’s birthday, but because she was a new breed. She was born with special markings; At least that is what Mildred’s face looked like to the farmer’s son. She had two big dark circles around her eyes, and a streak of white from ear to the nose; maybe more like a number seven. She had both a black body and a reddish-brown body.
The farmer was starting to build a new better breed with her. Mildred would be taller and heavier than his present herd and she will produce more gallons of milk with a higher cream content. Another benefit, due to her size and DNA was that her breed would allow lots heavier cuts of meat. These two things would bring in more money for the farmer.
It wasn’t long before the farmer got a clue into what was happening with Mildred, out there with the other cows. Cow’s milk can be spoiled when they are stressed or when their food source gets changed. It is similar to when someone loses their job and has to start over doing something different when they aren’t sure it will work out.
The farmer took Mildred and put her into a corral called a paddock with lots of straw on the floor, hay in the feed bin, and freshwater. It even had a roof overhead where she ate her food. He had high hopes for Mildred. She was fed, bred, and once she had a baby calf, she would be milked twice a day like clockwork. He rubbed her skin with a soft brush, bathed her twice a week, and placed a salt block in her pen. She thought heaven must be like this.
Mildred had worried and fretted and thought ‘no one loves me, no one cares.’ Perhaps, she thought, It is too hard. She was glad to avoid the mean cows in this herd. Learning something new is one of the hardest things. All this trauma was unnecessary. Mildred just didn’t know that she was special to the farmer. She didn’t know that he had put her in with the old herd only until she had learned about the processes involved in the farmer’s routine. They knew to leave the barn after milking and to return when the sun went down back to the barn. The lesson was to learn to follow the herd and do what they did. Mildred learned by watching and following the other calves – then she became a cow.
Compare this to looking over the shoulders of someone who already knows how the job works and what must be done daily to reach the proposed goals.
Walking into an office or signing up with Affiliate Marketing and expecting to know how it all works is not plausible. Learning must take place first. Some kinks that you believe should be happening, don’t happen, because that transaction has already been tried and failed. Instead of jumping ahead and skipping lessons, you should do everyone in order. They have been set up this way for a reason. Even one small change in hanging onto ‘How it used to be’ will make a big difference for you in success today. Move forward with new technology!
Before she knew it, Mildred became a mother with a calf in her stall. This was a big calf. It already stood strong within a few hours. Mildred came to enjoy hearing the farmer chatter and hum while he plugged on the milking equipment twice a day. She learned patience and chewed her cud happily. The farmer was overjoyed because now his plans for his business had been followed step by step, day by day, and success was standing there right before him.
The End
Christie