Friday’s Wealth – 9 November 2012
Let me share this beautiful and inspirational story with you…
One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well that the farmer had accidentally left uncovered. 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, so 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!
Moral of the story….Life is filled with challenges – some can knock you down and bring you to your knees but it’s not how many times you get knocked down that matters –
it’s how many times you shake them off and step back up.
Don’t give up. Let’s keep pushing for we have come too far to give up. We will win if we don’t quit. The donkey did not give up and I won’t !