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. It just wasn't worth retrieving the donkey. So he invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well.

When the donkey realized what was happening, he cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement, he quieted down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well and was astonished at what he saw. With every shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey shook it off and took a step up. As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he shook it all off and continued to climb upwards. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off!

Moral: Life is going to shovel all kinds of dirt on you. The trick to getting out of the well is 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 never giving up!

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Q: How do you react to difficulties, miseries and situations where others have either given up on you or put you down? Is there anything in your attitude that could change for the better?

Q: Can you relate the donkey's tale to the following maxims of Sahaj Marg?
Maxim Five: "Be truthful. Take miseries as Divine blessings for your own good and be thankful."
Maxim Six: "Know all people as thy brethren and treat them as such."
Maxim Seven: "Be not revengeful for the wrongs done by others. Take them with gratitude as heavenly gifts."

O, Master!
Thou art the real goal of human life.
We are yet but slaves of wishes
Putting bar to our advancement,
Thou art the only God and power
To bring us up to that stage.