One
day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried
piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out a way to get him
out. Finally he decided it was probably impossible and the animal was
old and the well was dry anyway, so it just wasn't worth it to try and
retrieve the donkey. So the farmer asked his neighbours to come over
and help him cover up the well. They all grabbed shovels and began to
shovel dirt into the well.
As the farmer's neighbours
continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he continued to shake it
off and take a step up. Pretty soon, to everyone's amazement, the
donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off.
What
happens to you isn't nearly as important as how you react to it. And,
as after thought, what idiot invented the stupid term of 'Dumb Ass'?
At
first, when the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly.
Then, to everyone's amazement, he quieted down and let out some happy
brays. A few shovel loads later, the farmer looked down the well to see
what was happening and was astonished at what he saw. With every
shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was shaking it off and
taking a step up.
I
think that the moral of this tale is: Life is going to shovel dirt on
you. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a
step up. Through applying wisdom every adversity can be turned into a
stepping stone. The way to get out of the deepest well is by never
giving up but by shaking yourself off and taking a step up.
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