A Life Lesson

[BB_YungYung]

The day after a farmer's donkey fell down into a well, the
animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer figured out what to do.
Finally, he decided the animal was old and the well needed to
be covered up
anyway, so it just was not worth retrieving the donkey.

So 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. Soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey
stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off!

Moral: Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of
dirt. The trick of 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!