One day a farmer's donkey fell down a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was too old to be of much use to him any longer, and the well wasn't as pristine as it once was.... so it would be best to cover it up.
He invited all the neighbours over to help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. Soon the donkey realized what was happening and began to cry horribly, but then, to everyones amazement, the donkey quieted down.
A few more shovels loads, and the farmer decides to look down into the well. He is astonishedat what he sees... with each shovel of dirt that hit the donkey's back, the donkey woudl shake it off and take a step up! How remarkable! After a few hours of shoveling the donkey steps up over the the edge of the well and happily trots off.
So it's like this... Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. Sometimes you will know the hand on the shovel.... 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 well just by not giving up! Think creatively, change your viewpoint on the situation, it may not be as hopeless as it first appears.... Shake it off and step up!!!!
..... and just so you know the donkey later came back, bit the farmer who had tried to bury him. The gash from the bite got infected and the farmer eventually died in agony from septic shock.
Moral of today's lesson: When you do something wrong and try to cover your ass, it alwys comes back to bite you!
Source: Woodstock Bulldog, submitted by L. Wakeling
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