One day a donkey fell into a well and began to scream loudly, calling for help. The donkey’s owner came running to his screams and threw up his hands - after all, it was impossible to get the donkey out of the well. Then the owner reasoned like this: “My donkey is already old, and he doesn’t have much time left, but I still wanted to buy a new young donkey. This well has already completely dried up, and I have long wanted to fill it up and dig a new one. So why not kill two birds with one stone - I’ll fill up the old well and bury the donkey at the same time.”
Without thinking twice, he invited his neighbors - everyone took up shovels and began throwing earth into the well. The donkey immediately understood what was happening and began to scream loudly, but the people did not pay attention to his screams and silently continued to throw earth into the well. However, very soon the donkey fell silent. When the owner looked into the well, he saw the following picture - he shook off every piece of earth that fell on the donkey’s back and crushed it with his feet. After some time, to everyone's surprise, the donkey was at the top and jumped out of the well!
Perhaps there have been a lot of troubles in your life, and in the future life will send you more and more new ones. And every time another lump falls on you, remember that you can shake it off and, thanks to this lump, rise a little higher. In this way, you will gradually be able to get out of the deepest well. Every problem is a stone that life throws at you, but by walking on these stones you can cross a stormy stream.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru