Farmer’s Llama Becomes Life Coach, Teaches Mindfulness to Overworked Roosters

Ma said, “He hums and they breathe deep?”
Pa sighed, “A llama shrink for feathered sheep?”
Each dawn, he leads with a silent stare,
“Accept the worm. Let go the scare.”
Roosters once loud now sit and chant,
Repeating mantras like “Don’t peck Aunt.”
He’s got a TED Talk in the barn,
Titled “Find Your Zen Before You Yarn.”
One rooster cried about early clocks,
Another forgave a hen with frocks.
“Breathe in the corn, exhale the coop,”
The llama says while roosters regroup.
Now even the fox stays outside to pray,
Since enlightenment came to the farm that day.

Alan Nafzger (editor@bohiney.com)

Last Updated on August 6, 2021 by Alan Nafzger

By Alan Nafzger

Professor Alan Nafzger is the publisher of Farm.FM, writing from Wichita Falls, Texas. He earned his Ph.D. in political science with a focus on rural policy and agricultural economics, a master's degree in public administration emphasizing rural development, and a bachelor's degree in political science. Over a dual career spanning 57 years, he has taught rural policy, agricultural economics, and county administration while managing a family operation that includes farming, ranching, and dairy. The classroom and the farmstead keep each other honest: he writes about the policies he has studied and the cattle, crops, and milk checks he has actually had to live with.

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