77072: Just some inspirational help! :) by:Terry Smith
Once there was a farmer who owned an old mule. The unfortunate mule fell into the farmers well. The farmer heard the mule braying or whateveOnce there was a farmer who owned an old mule. The unfortunate mule fell into the farmers well. The farmer heard the mule braying or whatever mules do when they fall into wells.
After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer sympathized with the mule but decided that neither the mule nor the well was worth the trouble of saving. Instead, he called his neighbors together and told them what had happened and enlisted them to help haul dirt to bury the old mule in the well and put him out of his misery.
Initially, the old mule was hysterical! But as the farmer and his neighbors continued shoveling and the dirt hit his back it suddenly dawned on him that every time a shovel load of dirt landed on his back HE SHOULD SHAKE IT OFF AND STEP UP!
This he did, blow after blow. “Shake it off and step up shake it off and step up shake it off and step up! he repeated to encourage himself. No matter how painful the blows, or distressing the situation seemed, the old mule fought panic and just kept right on SHAKING IT OFF AND STEPPING UP!
Of course, it wasnt long before the old mule, battered and exhausted, stepped triumphantly over the wall of that well! What seemed like it would bury him actually blessed him all because of the manner in which he handled his adversity.... View More
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