One day a farmer's donkey fell
down into a well.
The animal cried piteously for
hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to
do. Finally, he decided the animal was old and the
well needed to be
covered up anyway. It just wasn't
worth it to retrieve the donkey.
He invited all his neighbors to come over and help
him. They all grabbed a
shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At
first, the donkey realized
what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to
everyone's amazement, he quieted down.
A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked
down the well and was
astonished at what he saw. With every shovel of
dirt that hit his back, the
donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake
it off and take a step
up. As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel
dirt on top of the
animal, he would shake it off and take a step up.
Pretty
soon, everyone was amazed as
the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well
and trotted off!
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of
dirt. The trick to getting
out of the well is to shake it off and take a step
up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone. We can
get out of the deepest
wells just by not stopping,
never giving up. Shake it off and take a step up.
Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
1. Free your heart of hatred.
2. Free your mind of worries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less.
P.S. The donkey later came back and kicked the CRAP
out of the farmer that tried burying him. The moral
of the story:
When you try to cover your
ass, it always comes back to get you.
