Monday, January 31, 2005
just for LAUGHS!!!
THE DONKEY
One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a 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; it just
wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.
He invited all his neighbours 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
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 and take a step
up.
As the farmer's neighbours 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 is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of
dirt. The trick to 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.
Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
1. Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.
2. Free your mind from worries - Most never happen.
3. Live simply and appreciate what you have.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less
NOW --------
The story's sequel .....
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.
MORAL FROM TODAY'S LESSON:
When you do something wrong, and try to cover your
ass, it always comes back
to bite you.
a mutation occurred in linG at 1:14 AM
