The Donkey's Wisdom
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.
At first, when the donkey
realized what was happening he 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.
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 and to everyone's amazement, the donkey stepped up
over the edge of the well and trotted off.
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.
MORAL:-
When you do something wrong and try to
cover your ass, it always comes back to bite you.
What happens to you isn't nearly as
important as how you react to it.