SHAKE IT OFF AND STEP UP

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This is the story of a Farmer and an Old mule. Once, the mule fell into a well.

The farmer heard the mule 'braying'. The well was deep and the cost of getting out the mule was more than buying a new mule or digging a well. After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer sympathized with the mule, but decided that neither the mule nor the well was worth the trouble of saving.

So, he called his neighbors together and told them what had happened and requested them to haul dirt to bury the old mule in the well itself and put him out of his misery.

Initially, the old mule was hysterical and was upset that the same folks whom he served all along were trying to kill him. All the nice things he did for the village folks flashed through his mind. But as the farmer and his neighbors continued shoveling and when the dirt hit his back he realized that self pity may not help. So, he wanted to turn the adversary into his advantage. It suddenly dawned on him that every time a shovel load of dirt landed on his back he SHOULD SHAKE IT OFF AND STEP UP! This he did, blow after blow.

"Shake it off and step up...shake it off and step up...shake it off and step up!" he repeated to encourage himself.

No matter how painful the blows or distressing the situation seemed, the old mule fought "panic" and just kept right on shaking it off and stepping up.

It wasn't long before the old mule, battered and exhausted, stepped up triumphantly over the wall of that well. What was meant for his harm actually turned out to be a blessing.

Friend, are you in a similar situation today? Are you being discouraged? Are you being criticized without a reason? Are you being wrongly accused? Don’t worry you have the intelligence to convert any of that into a blessing. The adversaries that come along to bury us usually have within them the potential to benefit and bless us.

Go ahead “Shake it Off and Step Up”, surprise your adversaries today!

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