I think much of
life is about perspective. To one, something silly and mundane. To another,
that same thing could be catastrophic or hurtful. A job change can make a
career and offer an individual an opportunity to advance. Another might see a
job change as a career ender.
I’ve had several
meaningful relationships in my life before I married my best friend, Kim. There
are others who worry and suffer because this one got away or that one said no.
Yet, if they were to open their eyes, they would see that perhaps, the best is
yet to come.
I received the
following story from one of my teachers (thank you, Julie!) and it really is
about perspective. Maybe about taking advantage of an opportunity. Perhaps the
moral of the story is also up to you and your own perspective.
It goes like this
. . .
One day a farmer's
donkey fell down into a 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; it just wasn't
worth it to retrieve the donkey.
He invited all his
neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to
shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and
cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down.
A few shovel loads
later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he
saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something
amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.
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, everyone
was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily
trotted off to his pasture!
Life is going to
shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is
to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We
can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake
it off and take a step up.
All about
perspective. All about your view of life. All about your own attitude.
Something to think about . . .
Live Your Life,
and Make A Difference!
I finished my fifth work of thriller/suspense fiction,
Caught in a Web and I’ll keep you
posted as to when it will be published.
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to connect with me at:
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If you like Thriller/Suspense fiction, check out my
novels:
Available on Amazon for .99 the Lives Trilogy Prequel,
Taking Lives:
FBI Agent Pete
Kelliher and his partner search for the clues behind the bodies of six boys
left in various and remote parts of the country. Even though they don’t know
one another, the lives of FBI Agent Kelliher and two boys become interwoven
with the same thread that Pete Kelliher holds in his hand. The three of them
are on a collision course and when that happens, their lives are in jeopardy as
each search for a way out. http://bit.ly/Taking-Lives-JLewis
Stolen Lives, Book One of the Lives Trilogy:
Two thirteen year
old boys are abducted off a safe suburban street. Kelliher and his team of FBI
agents have 24 hours to find them or they’ll end up like all the others- dead!
They have no leads, no clues, and nothing to go on. And the possibility exists
that one of his team members might be involved. http://bit.ly/Stolen-Lives-JLewis
Shattered Lives, Book Two of the Lives Trilogy:
Six men escaped
and are out for revenge. The boys, recently freed from captivity, are in danger
and so are their families, but they don’t know it. The FBI has no clues, no
leads, and nothing to go on and because of that, cannot protect them. http://bit.ly/Shattered-Lives-J-Lewis
Splintered Lives, Book Three of the Lives Trilogy:
It began in Arizona with death and it ends in
Arizona in death. A 14 year old boy has a price on his head, but he and his
family don’t know it. Their family vacation turns into a trip to hell. Out
gunned and outnumbered, can this boy protect his father and brothers? Without
knowing who these men are? Or how many there are? Or when they might come for
him? http://bit.ly/Splintered-Lives-J-Lewis
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