One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided the donkey was old and the well needed to be covered up anyway, it just wasn't practical to retrieve the thing.

He invited all his neighbours to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, as the donkey realized what was happening it cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement, he quieted down . . . and when they looked down the well, they were astonished at what they saw.

With every shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey would shake it off and take a step up. As the farmer's neighbours continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Eventually the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off.

What a metaphor for our lives!!!Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick is to shake it off and take a step up.

Oh yeah...The donkey came back later and kicked THE TAR out of the farmer who tried burying him.

Moral: When you try to cover your ass, it always comes back to get you.