When lightning struck the cow

There was this farmer's tale, of a good ranch. The harvests were plenty, the meadows bountiful. 

Each and every year, everything at the farm got a little better, the barns were filled, the live stock was fat, the children happy.

Then, one summer night, the farmer looked to the skies and saw dark clouds gathering. A storm was building up.

Well, he was probably not sitting on the cow.

His favorite cow grazed on the hill, and the farmer had a tingling sensation. Too late he understood what was about to happen.

Lightning struck his cow.

From that day on, what was slightly better every year became slightly downhill as the years passed by. And just five years later, the farm fell into disarray.

It was a story that ran in the village for generations. 

To have a little bit too much is not a problem. To discover that one has a little bit too little is a big problem. 

Diversification and safety margins are there for the things we do not see coming.  

As when lightning strikes the cow.

Farewell,

//lucilius&antinous.