Shake it off and Step up.

This last couple weeks reminds me of a story I heard a few years back.

A farmer was tending to his field and heard a bunch of hustling and bustling coming from his neighbors yard. Curious as to what was going on, the wandered over to his fence to see a bunch of people staring down into his well.

"What's going on?" he yelled?

"My donkey fell down into the well... we're trying to figure out how to get him out."

The well was about 50 feet deep and nearly straight down. The donkey was unhurt, but not the least bit happy about his situation. He kept looking up and trying to step on something higher than where he was... trying to climb to somewhere a little higher, to possibly get out.

They couldn't think of any way to get this donkey out without hurting him or putting someone else in danger. After an hour or so, the farmer's neighbor decided it was best just to cut their losses and fill the hole in so that no one else would fall in it.

They all grabbed their shovels and started shoveling dirt into the hole. As they did, they noticed the strangest thing happening in the bottom of the well. As the dirt fell on the donkey's back, he would shake it off, and step up on the new, higher ground.

You can see where this is going. After a while, the dirt kept getting higher and higher and finally the donkey could just walk out.

It may seem like you are getting buried by the dirt life is throwing at you, but just shake it off and step up. It will take a lot of time, and a lot of shaking and stepping, but eventually, you will get out of that hole.