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Once upon a time there was a farmer who had an old mule. The
mule fell into a deep dry well and began to cry loudly. Hearing his
mule cry, the farmer came over and assessed the situation. The
well was deep and the mule was heavy. He knew it would be
difficult, if not impossible, to lift the animal out.
Because the mule was old and the well was dry, the farmer
decided to bury the animal in the well. In this way he could solve
two problems: put the old mule out of his misery and have his well
filled.
He called upon his neighbors to help him and they agreed to help.
To work they went. Shovel full of dirt after shovel full of dirt began to
fall on the mule's back. He became hysterical.
Then all of a sudden an idea came to the mule. Each time they
would throw a shovel full of dirt on his back he could shake it off
and step up. Shovel full after shovel full, the mule would shake it off
and step up. Now exhausted and dirty, but quite alive, the mule
stepped over the top of the well and walked through the crowd.
A great attitude. A great way to approach life. Shake it off and
step up. Too often we hold on to what has happened to us.
We hold on to it for a week, a month, even years. We cannot
shake it loose from our memory. It eats away at us and steals our
joy, happiness and peace of mind. The past hurt can create
feelings of bitterness, resentment, anger and revenge.
We keep allowing these emotions to be thrown on our backs and if
we do nothing, we will be buried deep in the well. Walls will be built
in our relationships. We will avoid each other and the cold war
begins.
But, we have a choice: keep it inside and embrace the hurt or
shake it off and step up. Give it a try. Shake it off and step up.
Words that have been said or actions that have been done, shake
it off and step up. Let it go. Whatever it is: a rude comment, a past
mistake, being ignored, we can stew over it all week. It occupies
us all the time.
Too often we nurse hurts, we keep them alive inside and go over
them time and time again; not only stewing from them, but now
chewing them over and over until it gets us sick. Too often we
rehearse hurts, tell everyone what has happened to us.
The cure is to accept what has happened, try to make sense out of
it, learn from it, then shake it off and step up. When you let it go you
feel free and you are no longer buried in the well.
Once you are on your feet again you can take some action. You
decide where you want to grow in life, the direction you want your
life to take. You decide whether you will allow the hurt to make you
a bitter or a better person. Learn from it. Emerge stronger.
mule fell into a deep dry well and began to cry loudly. Hearing his
mule cry, the farmer came over and assessed the situation. The
well was deep and the mule was heavy. He knew it would be
difficult, if not impossible, to lift the animal out.
Because the mule was old and the well was dry, the farmer
decided to bury the animal in the well. In this way he could solve
two problems: put the old mule out of his misery and have his well
filled.
He called upon his neighbors to help him and they agreed to help.
To work they went. Shovel full of dirt after shovel full of dirt began to
fall on the mule's back. He became hysterical.
Then all of a sudden an idea came to the mule. Each time they
would throw a shovel full of dirt on his back he could shake it off
and step up. Shovel full after shovel full, the mule would shake it off
and step up. Now exhausted and dirty, but quite alive, the mule
stepped over the top of the well and walked through the crowd.
A great attitude. A great way to approach life. Shake it off and
step up. Too often we hold on to what has happened to us.
We hold on to it for a week, a month, even years. We cannot
shake it loose from our memory. It eats away at us and steals our
joy, happiness and peace of mind. The past hurt can create
feelings of bitterness, resentment, anger and revenge.
We keep allowing these emotions to be thrown on our backs and if
we do nothing, we will be buried deep in the well. Walls will be built
in our relationships. We will avoid each other and the cold war
begins.
But, we have a choice: keep it inside and embrace the hurt or
shake it off and step up. Give it a try. Shake it off and step up.
Words that have been said or actions that have been done, shake
it off and step up. Let it go. Whatever it is: a rude comment, a past
mistake, being ignored, we can stew over it all week. It occupies
us all the time.
Too often we nurse hurts, we keep them alive inside and go over
them time and time again; not only stewing from them, but now
chewing them over and over until it gets us sick. Too often we
rehearse hurts, tell everyone what has happened to us.
The cure is to accept what has happened, try to make sense out of
it, learn from it, then shake it off and step up. When you let it go you
feel free and you are no longer buried in the well.
Once you are on your feet again you can take some action. You
decide where you want to grow in life, the direction you want your
life to take. You decide whether you will allow the hurt to make you
a bitter or a better person. Learn from it. Emerge stronger.
