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Why Magnetic Cows Should Be Important To Your Life

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Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams Realty 0575737

Curious CowsA group of research scientists studying images from Google Earth and looking at broad herds of cows across the earth have concluded that predominantly cows align themselves in a field in a north-south direction. Cows are social animals and sit down before a rain and huddle in a circle during a blizzard. But on sunny days when they are carefree they align facing either north or south.

WHY ARE THESE MAGNETIC COWS IMPORTANT TO YOUR LIFE?

Because it is a life lesson that sometimes we really don't know in our business or personal lives the why or how of something. The old expression that covers this is "it is what it is."

Folks, there's something called "reality" which too many in business or personal relationships just like to run away from constantly.

Think of real estate. The same size home that sold for $50,000 more last year doesn't fetch that price anymore. A home may just have a poor location or no one likes the floorplan. It may be a cycle of the market where EVERYTHING is down. The neighborhood just "in reality"may be deteriorating. It may be a strong seller or buyers market. Another reality.

How's this for reality in our personal life? Some people will lie to you. People are who they are and you can't change them. Some business partners or acquaintances just are not competent or reliable. Some processes set in place by someone else are broken and you can't fix them.

So remember the cows who just do their own thing for who knows why or who cares. It is just reality. The sooner you stop torturing yourself trying to change the way things are that are not going to change, the better.

Living in reality allows you to grow and change the one thing that you can make the best improvement on. And that is WONDERFUL YOU!!!

Mara Hawks
First Realty Auburn - Auburn, AL
Inactive-2012 REALTOR - Homes for Sale Auburn Real Estate, AL

hello again... you hardly make MOOt points with this post, Gary...it's just right on target. (Sorry, I just had to graze over here this morning since I don't stay up pasture bedtime ;-) Seriously though, I've loved cows forever... and I STOP for black & white cows, especially if they are standing in the snow... this is an incredible sight, to me.... maybe the next best thing to Active Rainers is MOOvers?

Sep 11, 2008 11:59 PM
Gary Woltal
Keller Williams Realty - Flower Mound, TX
Assoc. Broker Realtor SFR Dallas Ft. Worth

Fran: Maybe you are on to something with the ingesting of the magnetic footballs.

Carolyn: I keep finding these whacky stories and hang out like you in the wee hours of the morning. Cows are cool.

Jennifer: We're further inland for this storm so have more buffer. Cows are interesting characters.

Liz: Huddle in that circle for that rain or lay down on the ground : )

Susie: I see you like Cowboys. In our area with this storm we should have high winds and rain on Sunday. Lots of south Texans evacuating their homes. Cows are cool for your photography.

Michael: Serenity helps with reality.

Mara: You can graze over here any time. You are amazing with your poetry. I think the black and white cows are where we get chocolate milk from.

Sep 12, 2008 01:27 AM
Elizabeth Nieves
The Elizabeth Nieves Realty Group - Durham, NC
Bilingual Raleigh - Durham North Carolina Real Estate Team

I need to be reminded of this often. I'm always trying to find an answer to EVERY question. I want to know the WHY of everything. My mom...when I really got on her last nerve...would say..."Just because!"

GBU, Gary!

 

Sep 12, 2008 01:50 AM
Gary Woltal
Keller Williams Realty - Flower Mound, TX
Assoc. Broker Realtor SFR Dallas Ft. Worth

Elizabeth: "Just because" is the way much of life is, if we quit fighting it all the time. The cows don't.

Sep 12, 2008 02:00 AM
Paul Slaybaugh
Homesmart - Scottsdale, AZ
Scottsdale, AZ Real Estate
I want to know what happens when two positively charged cows touch. Are they sent hurdling in opposite directions across the field?
Sep 12, 2008 02:23 AM
Gary Woltal
Keller Williams Realty - Flower Mound, TX
Assoc. Broker Realtor SFR Dallas Ft. Worth

Paul: Maybe you have solved the mystery of mutilated cows. And all along we thought it was related to alien invaders from outer space probing them : )

Sep 12, 2008 02:28 AM
Don Rogers
Keller Williams Realty Chesterfield - O'Fallon, MO
Realtor, Broker, CDPE, GRI, OnullFallon MO & St Charles County MO homes

That one cow out in the field that won't come into line with the rest of us, we've been tryin to change it all these years and nothing is happening.  Guess I need to work on changing me and who knows maybe that will stop that cow from being so stubborn.

Sep 12, 2008 04:18 AM
Shirley Parks
Sands Realty 210-414-0966 - San Antonio, TX
Broker, 210-414-0966, San Antonio TX Real Estate

Gary, I saw the same story about cows on television, too.  I grew up around cows. They are pretty cool. :-)

Sep 12, 2008 07:36 AM
Brenda Carus
Century 21 Zwygart Real Estate - Monroe, WI

Gary, I love reading your posts,  They are always so positive.

Sep 12, 2008 07:59 AM
Gary Woltal
Keller Williams Realty - Flower Mound, TX
Assoc. Broker Realtor SFR Dallas Ft. Worth

Don: Cows will be cows.

Hi Shirley: Cows are just interesting moo moos aren't they??

Brenda: Thanks. I very much enjoy when you stop by and comment.

Sep 12, 2008 08:47 AM
Tom Burris
NMLS# 335055 - Baton Rouge, LA
Texas/Louisiana Mortgage Pro - 13 YRS Experience

I didn't know the North/South thing. I just heard about this phenomena in a trivia question.

"If you observe a herd of cows in a field grazing..... which way are they all facing?"

Answer: All in the same direction. As they migrate across the field to the watering hole as they eat...

Sep 12, 2008 02:44 PM
Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Greater Sacramento Realtor - Retired

As usual - another delightful creative piece presented by Gary Woltal.  Anytime, I think life is a little boring, I visit Gary's blog!  In California the Dairy Industry tells us we have happy cows, and that's why our cheese is so good!  The next time I visit the cows, I will check their direction - They apparently have  replaced "mood rings."

Sep 12, 2008 03:24 PM
Gary Woltal
Keller Williams Realty - Flower Mound, TX
Assoc. Broker Realtor SFR Dallas Ft. Worth

Tom:  Maybe the reason is to face the watering hole where streams flow north or south.

Myrl: I've learned where the happy cows live. Thanks  : )

Sep 13, 2008 04:55 AM
Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Greater Sacramento Realtor - Retired

Yep Gary, California has happy cows:  Here's a couple videos of them.  They talk too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up880afV_qs 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-B2dK4kr7o

 

Sep 13, 2008 05:58 AM
Elizabeth Weintraub Sacramento Broker
Elizabeth Anne Weintraub, Broker - Sacramento, CA
Put 40 years of experience to work for you

Hey Gary: And all this time I thought cows faced north / south because aliens in outerspace were streaming that music from Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

elizabeth weintraub sacramento real estate agent in land park

Sep 13, 2008 06:18 AM
Eric Hartshorn
Crosby & Associates Realty - Oakland, CA

Gary,  Darn you !

(I just recently joined Active Rain.  I haven't had time to read other blogs or write yet because

with what time I have found to be on-line lately,

I keep getting caught up in your thought-provoking blogs.)

Perhaps this magnetic cow thing might explain why I find it hard to sleep in strange places

(even the nicest of hotels). As when I ponder it  -it is almost always because my head is pointed in a different direction than at home.

Maybe these house that aren't selling is simply because the floor plan is such that the beds can't be situated with the correct polarity.  Are you listening Stagers ?

Best,

Eric...

 

Sep 14, 2008 06:54 AM
Gary Woltal
Keller Williams Realty - Flower Mound, TX
Assoc. Broker Realtor SFR Dallas Ft. Worth

Myrl: Those video Happy Cow California Cow commercials were great. I REALLY liked the one with the sheep and the sheep dog. VERY FUNNY!! Where you guys going?? Too funny.

Hi Elizabeth: That's a good theory on the aliens with the music. Remember this is dealing with reality. We don't always know why. Some I'm going with your theory  : )

Eric: You've got something going there. Sometimes in hotels the mattress isn't right but it could be the positioning of the bed by direction. Some people want the front of the house to face south. Floor plans and positioning of furniture definitely have a Feng-Shui aspect to it with the energy, so don't laugh. A lot of this is true!!

Sep 14, 2008 07:11 AM
ActiveRain City and State Listing Group
Christiansted, VI

Cows also are not too bright. They follow the same old paths that they have walked in the same old manner without exploring all that much.....unless the grass is greener....well, that is another story.

Sep 14, 2008 07:16 AM
Lara O'Keefe
North Texas Home Finders - McKinney, TX

Gary~excellent eye catching title and fun post.

Sep 14, 2008 07:27 AM
Mara Hawks
First Realty Auburn - Auburn, AL
Inactive-2012 REALTOR - Homes for Sale Auburn Real Estate, AL

HAY there...and then I have this 3-D screensaver:

Sep 14, 2008 03:00 PM