Would you leave your home, livestock & everything you had to save your life?

Question

even if it meant returning home to nothing at all

OR would you risk your life to save what precious little you had??

This is so typical of our Indian farmers:

"I'll come if you take my cattle," said Maya Devi, 64, who perched in a tree picking leaves to feed her animals, prompting laughter from the crowd at the thought of a water buffalo in a rubber dinghy."

Humour in the face of adversity......

Whats more, am pretty sure she hasn't eaten for days...but will persist in climbling trees to pick leaves to feed her cattle.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080904/ap_on_re_as/india_the_rescuers

Answer 1

The older I get, the more I hate to but I would.  I've "started over" several times in life and each time I'm better off after a while.

Sometimes to move ahead, you have to turn your back on everything old and begin again.  Its scary at first but in the end it is often a good thing.

Of course parting with animals is hard...just find them another loving home before you pack up.  There are other animals who are waiting for you and your old ones will learn to love their new owners.  

Always be willing to move on when its necessary.  New adventures await!

Answer 2

If I was that poor,yes.

Answer 3

This man new that if his life stock perished

he and any dependants would also perish

because he would not be able to buy new

stock and would starve.Surviving in India

is very precarious

Answer 4

I suppose she feels if she lost all the above her life wouldn't be worth living.

Is she in a position to 'start over', could she eat,  would she become  homeless ?

I think she's being canny ..Her stubbornness may make someone do just that..save her livelihood!

Answer 5

If that's all I had and that was all I knew, and it was my only way of life, there's no way I'd just walk away from it all.

Although I doubt I'll ever be in that position, so it's hard to say how I would react to it.

Answer 6

Yes i would but that lady is from a different country with a totally different culture.

Answer 7

The Animals must come first.

That is why we are here - to take care of the Animals.

I sure wouldn't pay any heed to Mayor Naygen.

Answer 8

and people moan about the state of this country(uk)

We really do not realise how lucky we are sometimes!!!

Answer 9

Well if you decide to live on plains that get flooded every monsoon season what do you expect?

Answer 10

I'd def leave all my possessions behind, but animals are more difficult, even if I had to leave them behind, I'd want to get them to safety first.

And when it comes to livestock and farmhouses, I suppose some people see these things as being what their life is made of, and so they can't see that leaving that life behind will ultimately save them, but I would:)

Answer 11

Babe h**l no i'd leave everything to save your life at the cost of my own.

Answer 12

No I stay and dye so I have not even the chance to rebuild left.

Of course I save my life so I can then re build it

Answer 13

live stock can be replaced.what about a bridge over the water.something for the condition.would be good for shade in the off season.not that everyone has stock.common sense would be a better aproach than stormacide.

Answer 14

Paul C: Please edit your text and leave out "sometimes", because if you make comparisons with other parts of the world we are lucky to live on these silly islands.

It would be a difficult decision, but yes I would abandon all I left behind and start afresh far away.  

Answer 15

yeah. human life cannot be returned. everything else is only material. sorry cattle, you are on the low end of the totem pole.

why do tuna cans have "dolphin safe" on them? what about the tuna??

Answer 16

I would not leave whilst there was a realistic chance of saving those things that provided me with my daily sustenance, however once that time had passed I would leave, albeit reluctantly.

As far as this story is concerned, people in the west do not understand that when ones livestock is gone there is no insurance company to step in and replace the lost cattle or help from the government to start up again.

Not only do I understand this woman ........ I applaud her!