Monday, March 30, 2009

The Donkey Story

The Donkey Story

One day, a farmer's donkey fell down into a dry 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 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 surprise, he quieted down.

A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each 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.

Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!

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 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:

-Free your heart from hatred - forgive.
-Free your mind from worries - most never happen.
-Live simply and appreciate what you have.
-Give more, expect less

Now...

Enough of that crap. The donkey later came back and 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.

The real moral from today's lesson:

-When you do something wrong and try to cover your ass, it always comes back to bite you.

  • An e-mail from my mother

2 comment(s):

enycetoutou said...

dude dont say that then people can never have secrets if they dont try to cover something up! i think secrets are basically a natural part of peoples life and its a necessity to keep people happy and content with themselves that they know something that only one person knows

Jeff said...

Coverups as in conspiracy theories. Like this farmer dude.

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