Dan Millman is his book No Ordinary Moments relates the
story of the Bluebird in the barnyard. In this tale, a bluebird stays behind as his family and friends fly south for the winter believing the journey unnecessary. As the cold encroaches, the fragile bluebird realizes that he's made a terrible error. In an attempt to head south, the bluebird takes to the air, only to have his wings freeze in flight causing a perilous fall back to earth.
As fortune would have it, the frozen bluebird lands on a haystack in a barnyard. He rolls to the barnyard floor near a group of cows. Just as the heart in the lifeless body of the bird was about to beat its last beat; one of the cows relieved herself on him. The warm manure covers and warms the bird, saving his life.
The bluebird thaws out, and happy to be alive starts to sing a beautiful song, which attracts the attention of the barnyard cat. The cat saunters over, sorts through the manure, finds the little bird, and promptly eats it.
The fable offers at least three morals:
1) Not everyone who dumps on you is your enemy.
2) Not everyone who gets you out of a mess is your friend.
3) If you are warm and happy in a pile of manure, keep your mouth shut.
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