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> One day a farmer's donkey fell into an abandoned 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; so it just wasn't worth it to him to try
> to retrieve the donkey.
>
> He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They each
> grabbed a shovel & began to shovel dirt into the well. Realizing
> what was happening, the donkey at first cried and wailed horribly.
> Then, a few shovelfuls later, he quieted down completely.
>
> The farmer peered down into the well, and was astounded by what he
> saw. With every shovel full of dirt that hit his back, the donkey
> was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a
> step up on the new layer of dirt.
>
> As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the
> animal, he would shake it off & take a step up. Pretty soon, the
> donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off, to
> the shock & astonishment of all the neighbors!
>
> Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The
> trick to getting out of the well is to not let it bury you, but
> 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!
> Persevere!
>
> Remember the five simple rules to be happy
>
> Free your heart from hatred.
> Free your mind from worries.
> Live simply.
> Give more.
> Expect less.
>
> Equally important, the donkey kicked the crap out of the farmer
> that tried to bury him.
>
> Which raises another moral of this story...
>
> WHEN YOU TRY TO COVER YOUR ASS, IT ALWAYS COMES BACK AND GETS YOU
>