A young man wished to marry the farmer's
beautiful daughter. He went to the farmer to ask
his permission. The farmer looked him over and said, "Son, go
stand out in that field. I'm going to release three
bulls, one at a time. If you can catch the tail of any
one of the three bulls, you can marry my
daughter." The young man stood in the pasture awaiting the
first bull. The barn door opened and out ran the biggest,
meanest-looking bull he had ever seen. He decided
that one of the next bulls had to be a better choice
than this one, so he ran over to the side and let the
bull pass through the pasture out the back gate. The barn door opened again. Unbelievable. He had never seen anything so big and fierce in his
life. It stood pawing the ground, grunting, slinging
slobber as it eyed him. Whatever the next bull was
like, it had to be a better choice
than this one. He ran to the fence and let the bull
pass through the pasture, out the back gate. The door opened a third time. A smile came across
his face. This was the weakest, scrawniest little bull
he had ever seen. This one was his bull. As the bull
came running by, he positioned himself just right
and jumped at just the exact moment. He grabbed... But the bull had no tail ! Life is full of opportunities. Some will be easy, some
will be difficult. But once we let them pass (often in
hopes of something better), those opportunities
may never again be available. So always grab the first opportunity..
