The moral of the donkey in the well.

[ReFur]

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a 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; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.

 

He invited all his neighbors 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 neighbors 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!

 

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. 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.

 

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

 

Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.

 

Free your mind from worries - Most never happen.

 

Live simply and appreciate what you have.

 

 

Give more.

 

Expect less

 

 

 

NOW ............

 

 

Enough of that crap . .. The donkey later came back, and bit the farmer who had tried to bury him. The gash from the bite got infected and the farmer eventually died in agony from septic shock.

 

 

MORAL FROM TODAY'S LESSON:

 

When you do something wrong, and try to cover your ass, it always comes back to bite you.

[White Fox]

A nursery rhyme. (If there are any members of the clergy here, please forgive me.) Since this was told to me by a minister I am hoping it is ok with all.

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There is a small island in Europe called "The Isle of Man". On the Isle of Man, everyone knows everyone else. There are no super highways. The island is way too small. There are not even any cars. So, everyone travels from place to place on a Donkey. More commonly known as an Ass. Actually indeed, everyone on the Island has an Ass. In fact, the minister's wife has a cute little ass, and everyone goes around pinching it every once in awhile.

 

Well now, one day the quaint little minister went to the quaint little church. There was a quaint little bit of construction going on, and one could see where workers had been working on the church. In fact, at the exact spot where the minister usually parked his ass, there was a big hole. A huge hole dug right into the ground.

 

Well of course the minister could not put his ass in the hole, so he had to find another spot for it. So, parked is ass on the other side of the building, right under a huge window.

 

He went inside. He started the service. Suddenly right in the middle of one of the quaint little prayers - or should we say way too long one - one of those devilish but quaint little kids way back in the back row got a bright idea on how to break the boredom. He decided to yell "Fire!!!" just as loud as he could from the back row. Suddenly everyone was dashing to get out of the little church. Problem was that it had only one door and everyone's ass was pretty much in the way when the poor little quaint little minister tried to leave.

 

He got scared.

 

He got frustrated.

 

He got frightened.

 

He could only think of one thing. He remembered how he always parked his ass in the same place. Right under that window. That window that was open. He took one flying jump expecting a nice soft landing. And landed right in that deep hole. He had forgotten that he had to park his ass in a different spot that day.

 

Well now that is the end of the story. There is no great unforgettable moral. Only a tiny and quaint little one. The moral is simply... "Goes to show that a minister just may not know his ass from a hole in the ground!"

 

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