The fighting cows

Posted byMoushmi RadhanparaPosted inIt's Humour time., Keep Smiling :-), My Reality Mirror, Ramblings of my mind.Tags:, , , , , , , , , ,

There were two cows, fighting over a bag of plastic thrown callously on the ground beside the bin. They were struggling with their mouths to try tearing the bag so as to eat something out of it. The bag wouldn’t slit and the cows wouldn’t let go. I saw this for a full five minutes after which one of them just left, walking away and not even glancing behind. Just then, just that very moment a lady walked towards the dejected cow and provided her with some food, all sorts of vegetables and a few chapattis. The cow gratifyingly swallowed the food while the other one was still rebelling over with the bag of plastic which had nothing but scraps of paper.

It was a Sunday morning; I was sitting in my terrace garden surrounded by the beautiful flowers, shaded by the warm sun in a cold morning, sipping hot coffee when I was awarded with this atrocious match between two cows. Well, you may laugh but it was worth watching in that sunny morning and procuring a moral that we ought to learn so as not to obfuscate our lives. In the struggle of being so adamant and stubborn and trying to control our lives we have forgotten that there are some things that we just can’t control. However much we try there are few things which are beyond our measures and we ought to let them happen as and when they happen, we have to stop trying to get almost everything. That is not the plan, sometimes letting go may find you something better, and something way more than what you were pining for.

Just this one time why not try and let go instead of trying too hard to have it all. May be something way better is waiting instead of something that we have to settle for. Just this one time?

Published by Moushmi Radhanpara

A bilingual writer, Moushmi Radhanpara has authored three poetry collections so far, namely POSIES and 03:21 AM –An Ode to Rust & Restlessness, and Resignation of an Angel. She is also scribbling an unplanned rough draft of a story as a part of NANOWRIMO 2020 and hopes that something might come out of it. She has also co-authored two books, The Lockdown Stories and Mirage so far. Her poetries can be found on her blog https://aestheticmiradh.com/ and a few other online portals. She believes in the fact that a better reader makes a better writer. Reading a 100 books a year is her latest obsession. She can be found either drunk on coffee or hiding away from everything and admiring the gorgeous sun.

17 thoughts on “The fighting cows”

  2. I felt as if i was there with you in the terrace watching the cows.. As you said,there are certain things which are not in our control.. We need to accept. Let it go.. Between i really liked the way you described this cows story and made it into beautiful message

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  5. How even such incidents can provide us with lessons of life. All it needs is an observer eye and a curious mind, and you have that, Moushmi.
    Having said that, I think being stubborn for a right cause is definitely not worth letting go, but trivial matters, well stubbornness should never flow parallelly with them.

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    1. Yes you are absolutely right cause being stubborn for the trivial and wrong issues never helps, it’s just a cause of problem at the back of our minds.
      Thank you so much for the appreciation. I am glad, and also for stopping by and leaving behind your thoughts.

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