When pouring some milk for my youngest grandson the other day I ended up spilling some of it.
Immediately the old adage, “No use crying over spilt milk,” came to mind.
According to Undeniably Dairy this adage means, “there’s no point being upset over something that has already happened, and cannot be changed.” I can’t help but wonder if some farmer long ago had his cow kick over a bucket of milk, and although he felt frustrated, he realized that all the anger in the world would not return the milk to the bucket.
The lesson, though, might be to be more careful the next time.
In teaching this adage to our children, the lesson is not to be unconcerned about mistakes or “spilt milk” but rather to move on, not beat ourselves up, but look for a way to maybe do things differently the next time to prevent the mishap.
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