Life's Lessons: Don’t get bogged down by problems

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 requested his neighbours to help him. They all grabbed a shovel and begin to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realised what was happening and cried piteously. 

Then, to everyone’s amazement, he quieted down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer peered into the well and was astonished at what he saw. With every shovel of dirt that fell on its 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 over the edge of the well and trotted off! 

Moral: Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick is to not to get bogged down by it. We can get out of the deepest wells by not stopping. And by never giving up. Shake it off and take a step up.