If You Don't Have a Horse, Ride a Cow

Growing up, my grammie would tell me that her grandmother used to say,

"IF YOU DON'T HAVE A HORSE RIDE A COW."

I never really understood the the meaning of this saying until recently. And when I say recently, I mean literally as I'm typing this blogpost on my campus library computer because my laptop made the executive decision to disconnect from the internet.

Okay, I was slightly joking up there about not understanding the saying. (My computer really was tweaking this weekend though.) But, this saying really has been resonating with me, and I like to think of it when little things aren't going as planned:

My laptop not finding any networks to connect to - I go to the library.

My interview not recording the audio - I decipher through my chicken-scratch notes.

My hair being subjected to the moisture in the air - I wear a scarf or throw on a hat.

My fitness class gets cancelled - guess I'll walk around campus for 45 minutes.

The small things are the things we usually make the biggest deals about. And somehow we always find a way to fight through them and make something out of nothing.

But why don't we have this same attitude, mindset, outlook when our dreams or goals don't go as planned? We could have been planning for something for weeks, months, even years, and if one thing goes wrong during the process - we give up. And because that one thing went wrong out of the million other things that went right, we never go after anything again. We never dream again. We never escape complacency.

And to that I say,

NO MORE.

I'm tired of hearing about people who let one thing ruin their entire plan - their entire purpose - their entire life. We have to remember every "L" can be a lesson, so stop being content with a letting a loss define you, put on your big girl pants, and figure out a way to get the job, dream, or goal done! Yeah, it might suck, but we have to be flexible - even when we don't know why our plan didn't work. We have to be able to ride the cow that's ready for us, when our horse is galloping in the pasture. And we gotta remember that while it might look like an L right now, a dub is on its way.

So, to my grammie:

Thank you for sharing these words with me when I couldn't get McDonald's money from you, so I learned to solicit $5 from your mom. As silly as it seems now, these experiences have taught me how not to be set in stone in one way of doing, thinking, and behaving. And now, I can have complete faith that when I don't have my horse, plan, or dream, the way I envisioned, God always has something bigger, greater, and better in store.

Peace +GLOW Always,

"And we know that God causes everything to work together for the

good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them"

-Romans 8:28

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