On my way to a wedding the other day, my wife and me were passing through a rural area outside of Dallas and we came across some sheep, cows and some really nice horses. Animals are always fascinating to me. God created some awesome and at times frustrating creatures.

While stopped and taking some pictures I noticed a large herd of cows get up from their afternoon nap in the shade and fall in line headed towards the guy with the food. The rancher had a huge truck full of hay and grain and had begun unloading the whole load when to my surprise something happened I have never seen before in all the animal kingdom. THE COWS REBELLED.

They stopped and began to surround the rancher. One cow that was older and had been in the herd awhile began complaining to the rancher. So, I got a little closer so I could hear what was being said.

The older wiser cow stepped up and said, “Hey bro, we’re tired of the same ol’ food you keep throwin’ down everyday. We want something else. We need some “greener grass”. We’re tired of the same ol’ grain and hay. We’ve been watching those deer in that other pasture and they get eat some beautiful green grass whenever they want. So we want “greener grass.”

That blew me away. The rancher was giving them what they needed to be strong healthy cows but they wanted something else. The rancher had been trained in animal husbandry and knew exactly what the herd needed to be healthy but that wasn’t good enough. Some cows just wanted more. (Some cows didn’t even move to go get the food. They were satisfied to lie under the tree and do nothing-sad)

When he told the cows that he was going to continue the diet because that was best, a strange thing happened. Some of those cows turned and jumped the fence and went to another pasture. The rancher was devastated and hurt but he had to continue to focus on the remaining herd so they would remain in tact and healthy.

I did a little follow up the other day on this herd and found that the few cows that had left the herd were still wandering around looking for that pasture with “greener grass”. Go figure.