Hens

I am very happy today as I have found two eggs in the hen house! We bought three point of lay pullets mid-august which we were told would be laying in a 'couple of weeks'. Two months later one started laying and we assumed that the others would quickly follow suit. Here we are another month later and a second chicken has got the idea at last. I did notice an almighty clucking noise this morning so maybe she was taken by surprise by her new grown-up responsibilities! I have been considering giving the hens away as the organic layers pellets are expensive and the hens make the garden very messy and have to be shut in every night, coup cleaned out etc. It had all begun to feel like a lot of work and expense for not very much return.

Though I knew that it was highly unlikely that I had ended up with the only healthy hens in Cumbria who were destined to never lay an egg this has got me thinking of the type of dilemma we often face in life. Should we carry on watering the seed that shows no sign of germinating or is it best to accept that nothing is happening and give up? So often we find that things happen just when we were beginning to give up. Getting it right is not an exact science and there is no doubt that sometimes it is logical and practical to move on to another challenge or opportunity. This reminds me of a definition of insanity attributed to Albert Einstein. "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results".
How can we know when to stop, when to change and conversely, when to trust and carry on?
We all have different examples of this in our lives. If you would like to share yours please make a comment.