One day a
farmer’s donkey fell 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 the neighbours to come over and help him. They all grabbed their shovels
and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was
happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone’s amazement the donkey went
silent. A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down well, he was
astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit the donkey’s back
the donkey was doing something startling. It shaken off and took a step up.
As the
farmer’s neighbours continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, the donkey
shaken it off and took a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was surprised as the donkey stepped up over the well happily
trotted off!
Moral:
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 steppingstone.
We can get out of the deepest wells, just by not stopping, never give up! Shake
it off and a step up. @edulight
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