One
day a farmer's donkey fell into an abandoned 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, so it
just wasn't worth it to him to try to retrieve the donkey.
He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They each grabbed
a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. Realizing what was happening,
the donkey at first cried and wailed horribly. Then, a few shovel-fulls
later, he quietened down completely.
The farmer peered down into the well, and was astounded by what he saw.
With every shovelful of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something
amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up on the new layer of
dirt. 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, the donkey
stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off, to the shock and
astonishment of all the neighbors!
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting
out of the well is to not let it bury you, but 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 from hatred.
2. Free your mind from worries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less.
Also, the donkey kicked the sh*t out of the guy that tried to bury him. Which brings me to another moral for this story: When you try to cover your ass, it always comes back and gets you
Contributed by Nita Rodrigues
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