Shake it Off {Insp}

"Shake it Off"

One day a farmer's donkey fell into an abandoned
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, so it just
wasn't worth it to him to try to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbors to come over and help
him. They each grabbed a shovel and began to
shovel dirt into the well.

Realizing what was happening, the donkey at first
cried and wailed horribly. Then, a few shovelfuls
later, he quieted down completely.

The farmer peered down into the well, and was
astounded by what he saw.

With every shovelful of dirt that hit his back, the
donkey was doing something amazing. He would
shake it off and take a step up on the new layer of
dirt. 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, the donkey stepped up over the edge
of the well and trotted off, to the shock and
astonishment of all the neighbors!

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The
trick to getting out of the well is to not let it bury you,
but 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.
Free your mind from worries.
Live simply.
Give more.
Expect less.

Also, the donkey kicked the hell out of the guy that
tried to bury him. Which brings me to another moral
for this story: When you try to CYA, it always comes
back and gets you.
Received on Sun Jul 31 02:44:34 2005