Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang the very best. Henry Van Dyke Bessie that cow wasn’t the best of all Farmer Johns milk cows, her milk wasn’t the sweetest nor was she the most prolific in giving it during milking time, in fact sometimes she was downright ornery. What talents do you possess, and do you make use of them?
Bessie didn’t have the prettiest coat, or the shiniest hooves. She never let that stop her, because Bessie the cow knew that her talents lay in flirting with her great big cow eyelashes, and she never missed a opportunity to do so.
She would regularly bat those long lashes at Farmer John, and any other visitor. “ohhhhh she’s so pretty,” they would exclaim, not noticing that she was standing hoof deep in muck.
Farmer John was smitten, and always made sure Bessie got a extra helping of hay.
The other cows would moo jealously at Bessie, but she would merely turn her head and bat her eyelashes at them until they too were under her spell. It was the only talent Bessie possessed and she milked it for all she could.
And you can guess which cow Farmer John kept around long after her milk stopped… yep, Bessie. Milking it…