Last summer I read a very interesting book called “The Cow”. My first thought was: that is a weird name for a book. It doesn’t tell me anything about it. It is a too simple name. I bet it’s a great book… that caught my attention so I decided to read it.
The main purpose of this book is teaching the readers how they can eliminate or destroy all the cows that they have in their lives. "Everybody has cows, including me. However, the most of the time we don't notice them", said the author.
Maybe you’ll wonder what cow must be eliminated if you don’t have one. Probably you even have a dog or a cat! Well, in this context a cow means every excuse, habit or belief which don't let us progress and keep us stuck in mediocrity. Camilo Cruz, the author of this book, argues that the worst enemy of success is conformism. In order to exemplify his ideas, he shares a short story told by someone while he was in a flight.
The Cow’ story is about a very poor family who lived in lousy conditions in a small house. Sometimes they had nothing to eat. The only one possession they had were a weak and skinny cow. When they had any money they spent it on food for their cow. They barely could obtain some milk of it. But, that was better than nothing.
Certain day, they noticed their cow was dead. Someone killed it.
Apparently this seems tragic, the worst thing that could ever happen to this family. However, they were forced to do something for themselves.
They grew vegetables to feed themselves. Then, they thought they could sell them in the market.
Now, they always have food. They have a nice house, and everybody in the family is happy.
