> A simple story but something to always remember...
>
> 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 and 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 shovelful 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 and take a step up. Pretty soon, the donkey
> stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off, to the shock and
> 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.
>
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