• Finally, the farmer decided that the donkey was old and the well was already dry and needed to be covered anyway; that it wasn't worth pulling the donkey out of the well.
• The farmer finally looked down into the well and was amazed at what he saw... with each shovelful of dirt, the donkey was doing something incredible: It was shaking off the dirt and stepping on top of the dirt.
• Life is going to throw dirt at you, all kinds of dirt... Use the land they throw you to get ahead. Shake it off and use it to step up. Each of our problems is a step up.