parable - I AM DONKEY

"One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried pietrously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided the animal was old, that the well needed to be covered anyway and that it just wasn't work retrieving the donkey. So he invited all his neighbours to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazment, he quietended down. A few shouvel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well and was astonished at what he saw. With every shovel of dirt that his 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 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.