one day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. the animal cried for hours as the farmer tries 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 amazement, he quieted down. a few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. he was ashtonished 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's 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 steppingstone. we can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! shake it off and take a step up.
 | marcneil wrote on Jun 19, '06 again something to ponder on... this story is reallly nice... UuU |
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 | ritz888666 wrote on Jul 16, '06 i guess d dockey must b smart even though we normally perceived dockey as a stupid object.....:) |
 | batangcubao wrote on Feb 13 highly appreciated... i also like collecting things same as this... can u add me as your friend? |
 | maricarsecret wrote on Feb 20 wow! this is a great story. thanks for sharing!life's really full of sh^t, it's really up to us if we want to stink with it :o) |
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