The donkey in the well

One day, a farmer's donkey fell into a well. The farmer spent hours trying to get the donkey out of thewell but no matter what he did, he was unable to. At some point he thought, 'I give up, the donkey is very old, the well is very dangerous and has to be filled in anyway. He asked for help from his neighbours, who were very glad to help as the donkey in the well was making an almighty racket. They agreed to throw all their rubbish into the well. Not only could they immediately get rid of a mountain of rubbish, but the dangerous well would also be filled up. So they all started to scoop rubbish into the well. The donkey started braying even louder, until some point in time when it became completely silent. After a while, the farmer peeked into the well and saw the donkey shake off every scoop of rubbish thrown onto it and then stand on top of it. 

Every time they scooped a heap of rubbish into the well, the donkey would continue to shake it off and stand on top of it. Everyone was surprised and delighted when – many buckets of rubbish later the donkey eventually appeared over the top of the well and stepped out. 

* Food for thought

You will often come across difficult situations in your life and have to put up with a lot of 'rubbish'. The best thing is to 'shake it off' and then move onwards or upwards to find your way out. All our problemsbecome steps that move us forwards. Never give up. 'Shake it off' and 'step on it' so that you can finally rise above your problems once more.