I
heard a funny story about a farmer
who had a mule name Caesar that
fell into an abandoned well fifty feet
deep. The farmer really loved this
old mule. When he surveyed the sit-
uation, he realized there was no way to
rescue old Caesar.
The well was very narrow, and Caesar
was crammed at the bottom. The mule
had not moved or made a sound. The
farmer figured Caesar had died in the fall.
As much as it bothered him to give up on
the mule, he was a practical farmer. He
decided to leave Caesar at the bottom of
the well and fill it up with dirt.
The farmer called some of his friends
to help shovel dirt down the well. The first
shovel load of dirt woke up Caesar, who'd
been knocked out. When the mule felt the
next load of dirt hit his back, he realized
what was going on. BUT instead of letting
himself be buried, Caesar shook it off.
Every time a load of dirt hit his back,
the mule shook his body tossing the dirt to
his hooves. He would then step out of it.
Caesar kept it up. Shake and step.
Shake and step. After nearly an hour of
shoveling dirt, the farmer and his helpers
were stunned to see Caesar's ears appear
at the top of the well. It was then that
they realized the mule was not dead so
they kept shoveling until the old mule
stepped out of the well and walked to
freedom.
As that wise mule figured out, the
same dirt that could bury you also could
be your salvation. Your attitude should be
"I may be down, but I'm not staying
down". This difficulty or hard time was
Fu l hough
B y D . J . H a r r i n g t o n , C S P
Caesar the Mule
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