THE DONKEY AND THE WELL

One day a farmer’s donkey fell into a well. The donkey cried and cried while the farmer tried to think what to do. The farmer said to himself, the donkey is old and the well needs to be covered up anyway.

The farmer asked his friends to come over and help him cover the donkey.  They each helped to shovel dirt into the well. At first the donkey cried. Then after a little while he stopped. The farmer looked into the well. As every shovel of dirt hit the donkey’s back he shook it off and took a step up. As the farmer and his friends went on shoveling dirt into the well the donkey shook it off and took another step up. Pretty soon the donkey stepped up out of the well and freely walked off.

Lesson 1 of the story: Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt.  The trick is to shake it off and take a step up.  Each of our troubles is a steppingstone.  We can get out of the deepest wells by never giving up!

I hope you have a blessed day and that you're taking those steps to Choosing YOU!


~Cherie