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Shake It Off and Step Up This old farmer had
a mule that fell into the farmer's well. The water wasn't very deep, so the mule
was able to stand on the bottom. The farmer heard the mule praying, or whatever
mules do when they fall into a well and went to investigate. After assessing the
situation the farmer sympathized with the mule but decided that neither the mule
nor the well was worth saving. The farmer 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 mule was hysterical, but as the farmer and his neighbors continued
to shovel dirt on his back a thought struck him. It dawned on the mule that
every time a shovel load of dirt landed on his back he would shake it off and
step up. This he did, blow after blow of dirt hitting his back.
Shake it off and step up...Shake it off and step up...Shake it off and step up
The mule repeated this statement over and over to encourage himself no matter
how painful the blows or distressing the situation seemed, the old mule fought
panic and just kept on shaking it off and stepping up.
It wasn't long before the old mule, battered and exhausted, stepped over the
wall of the well. What had seemed would bury him actually saved him because of
the manner in which he handled his adversity.
That's life. If we face our problems and respond to them positively and refuse
to give in to panic, bitterness or self-pity...the adversities that come along
to bury us often have within them the very real potential to benefit us.
~unknown to me
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