Ever hear the
story about the farmer, the blind horse, and the dried-up well?
No? Well, try this on. See if it fits.
One day, a farmer's
old blind horse fell into the farmer's useless old well.
Since the farmer
thought it would be more trouble than it was worth to haul the
horse out, he figured he could finish off two birds with one
stone, so to speak. So he decided to fill in the well and bury
the old nag at the same time.
The problem was
that, as he shoveled in the dirt, the horse just shook it off
and kept treading it under his feet. Eventually, as the dirt
rose in the well, so did the horse, until he finally climbed
out at the top and walked off to pasture.
The moral of
the story is, of course, that we don't need to be buried by hard
times, discouragements, or calamities. Unless, of course, we're
willing to stand still and let someone shovel dirt in our face!
Ask for what
you want!