(This is a post from March 2016. Enjoy!)
I wanted to take today to offer a bit of humor with a life lesson! I also wanted to use the adorable picture of a donkey that I took in Nazareth while on my trip.
I know most of you have heard this story, but it’s worth repeating. Actually, it spoke to me, because there are a few stones coming in my path that I need to step up and over. I hope you not only find it funny, but that you grab a little life lesson in there. (By the way, the story doesn’t seem to have an official owner, but whoever came up with it, thanks! We give you credit.)
The famous ‘donkey and the well’ story:
“One day, a farmer’s donkey fell deep into a well. The animal cried 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 & help him. They all grabbed a dirt & began to shovel dirt into the well.
At first, the donkey didn’t realized what was happening & cried horribly. Then, to everyone’s amazement 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 & take a step up. As the farmer’s neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off & take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well & happily trotted off!
Always remember in life that:
- Life is going to throw dirt on you.
- 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, and by taking a step up.
- In this world people will always throw stones in the path of your success, It depends on you..what you make from them a wall or a bridge!”
Now for the rest of this story…
“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 moral of the latter part of this story: When you do something wrong, and try to cover your ass, it always comes back to bite you!”
Too funny! And a rich story about life – never quit, never surrender.
Love it-you go girl and keep shaking it off!