Down on your luck? (read this)
 

One day a farmer's donkey fell into an abandoned well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do.
Finally, he decided the animal was old and the well needed to be
covered up anyway; so it just wasn't worth it to him to try to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They each grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. Realizing what was happening, the donkey at first cried and wailed horribly. Then, a few shovels full later, he quieted down completely. The farmer peered down into the well, and was astounded by what he saw.

With every shovel full of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up on the new layer of dirt. As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up.
Pretty soon, the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off, to the shock and astonishment of all the neighbors!

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to
getting out of the well is to not let it bury you, but to shake it off
and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up!

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

Free your heart from hatred.
Free your mind from worries.
Live simply.
Give more.
Expect less.

By the way, the donkey kicked the living shit out of the guy that tried to bury him, which demonstrates the sixth rule of happiness:

If you don't want to get your ass kicked, don't try to cover your ass!

daymn why does it take something like this to bring ya back to life? That story is so freaking true. hehe I got half my phat ass burried but watch out i feel a little shaking about to happen :) Thanks hyper
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you know hyper, that story really inspired me tonight. after reading it, i got on the phone and called my bank and told them that they can take my house, take my car, take all my assets, and they will only make me stonger. They said they will do so tomorow.

I just hope your right about this man.

Those neighbors were pretty stupid since all it would have taken was for one of them to whack the donkey over the head a few times with a sharp edge of the shovel.

Here's my fave proverb: "Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes, because then you're a mile a way and you have his shoes."

Hyper, good one :thumbsup
Unseen, damn, you make an ancient mule feel pretty uncomfortable with your attitude towards donkeys :)