Guest guest Posted January 10, 2001 Report Share Posted January 10, 2001 Dear Fire Friends, I just found this the other day and thought I would share. " A parable is told of a farmer who owned an old donkey. The donkey fell into the farmer's well. The farmer heard the donkey 'braying' loudly, or whatever donkeys do when they fall into wells. After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer sympathized with the donkey, but decided that neither the donkey nor the well was worth the trouble of saving. Instead, he called his neighbors together and told them what had happened.. .and enlisted them to help haul dirt to bury the old donkey in the well and just put him out of his misery. Initially, the donkey was hysterical! But as the farmer and his neighbors continued shoveling and the dirt hit the donkey's back . . . a thought struck the donkey. It suddenly dawned on the donkey that every time a shovel load of dirt landed on its back . . . HE SHOULD SHAKE IT OFF AND STEP UP! This the donkey did, blow after blow. " Shake it off and step up . . . shake it off and step up! " it repeated to encourage itself. No matter how painful the blows, or distressing the situation seemed the donkey fought " panic " and just kept right on shaking it off and stepping up! It wasn't long before the old donkey, battered and exhausted, stepped over the wall of that well! What seemed like it would bury him, actually blessed him . . . all because of the manner in which it handled its adversity. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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