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The Lesson from the Donkey

imageOne 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 anyway, it just wasn’t worth it to retrieve the donkey.

imageHe invited all his neighbours to come over and help him.  They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. 

At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly..

Then, to everyone’s amazement he quieted down.
A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well.  

He was astonished at what he saw.

With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing.  He would shake it off and take a step up.

imageAs the farmer’s neighbours continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up.

Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!

MORAL :

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt.
The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up.
Each of our troubles is a steppingstone.
We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up!
Shake it off and take a step up.


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Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1. Free your heart from hatred – Forgive.
2. Free your mind from worries – Most never happen.
3. Live simply and appreciate what you have.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less from people but more from God.

Enjoy Life & Stay Happy

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by Sanity on July 27, 2009  •  Permalink
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Posted by Sanity on July 27, 2009

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Seeing through the mist of the past to the person standing before you

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Human nature, call it what you will, we humans seem to go through life gathering up a perception of how people are, a race, a gender, a culture, a nation.  Before we know it this gathering becomes a mist before our perceptual eyes clouding our vision of the reality and truth of the person standing right in front of us.

Sad isn’t it?

How many opportunities of knowing someone great have we lost of that mist?

It is one of my pet irritants but I too am guilty of doing this.  I realised a couple of years and not in a gentle manner either.  I ended up hurting someone that I now treasure deep in my heart because I believed that they were just like all the other women in my life, oh how wrong was I!

I never trusted anyone, everyone was going to hurt me in some way it was just a question of when

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Men were always not to be trusted because they were Jekyll and Hydes.  One moment all sweet until they get what they want and then their true character pops out to say a big hello and crush your heart, be they brother, father, friend or partner, didn’t matter.

Women will always show love only to use it against you for their own gain.  Manipulators to the extreme, worse than men, they’ll give you a one armed hug while the other is stabbing you deep in the back.

Those were my main clouds that have prevented me more times than I can count from getting to know great human beings.  There are many of us that carry our pasts into our presents oblivious of the restrictions we put upon ourselves by doing so.

Men for instance get to know one type of woman and history repeats itself, a woman only wants their money, wants to use them for their own gain, critize, manipulate and all for their own gain.

Women believe perhaps as I used to, men can’t be trusted, just out for the shag and once they got it then they get real comfy.  Men are adulterous and egotistical, manipulative and aggressive, they expect the women to do all the housework with little or no thanks, they expect women to be slaves.

There are many many “gripe-perceptions” as I call them, the list is endless upon endless…

Hand in hand with this mist goes the one where we start to get to know the person, perceptions in hand, waiting for them to prove us right.  “Any moment now they are going to show us that we were right all along, that they are who we think they are not who they really are.  Any moment“.  A person will always meet what we expect them to because we will search high and low for any minuscule thing that fits our own agenda’s and by doing so we are doing the very thing we think they are doing.  We are being the ones we think they are.

What if we take one person at a time and spend a few moments without our perceptions at our sides?

What would we find?

What if we were to look through everything we think they are and try to see who they really are?

What would we find?

No easy task but one I personally try to do each day that I awake.  Through trying each day I have managed to meet some genuine people that most definitely do not meet my perceived ideas of who they should be.

If we aren’t careful we lose the very people in our lives that mean more to us than we realise with the gap in our lives only being felt once they have departed.

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Sad isn’t it?

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by Sanity on January 12, 2009  •  Permalink
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Together we cry…

Some may say that this song is sad once you listen to the lyrics and the truth that they hold, perhaps though a few of you may hear it as I do.

“Teach a man to fish, feed a man for life
Show your kids the truth, and hope they never lie”

We all have to do what we can, the best that we can do and try our best to teach our children, live as we believe we should and to help the world in order to make it a slightly better place for our children’s children.  Sometimes we fail, sometimes we succeed. Truth is that no matter what we do we can’t prevent all things, we can’t control what happens in the world or to those that we love.  Instead we can only be there for them in their time of need, guide them where we can and to teach them the best we can in hope that they then have the skills to survive what ever trials come their way.

“Teach a man to fish, feed a man for life
Show your kids the truth, and hope they never lie”

For me this song holds a valuable lesson, we cry, we feel guilt for what we never did (in reality weren’t in a position to do) and we torment… all we can really do, ever do, is be the best we can be each and every day we arise to a new dawn…

Together we cry
Together we cry

Jenny was a poor girl, living in a rich world
Named her baby hope when she was just 14
She was hoping for a better word for this little girl
But the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree
When she gets that call, Hopes too far gone
Her baby’s on the way, with nothing left inside
Together We Cry

What about the john play, could have gone the whole way
Lighting up the stage tryna get a deal
Now he’s lighting up the wrong way, something for the pain
Man you wanna see this kid he was so fuckin’ unreal
When he gets that call, he’s too far-gone
Can’t get it together to sing one song
And they won’t hear tonight, the words of a lullaby

Together We Cry [X4]

Mary’s ambition, she wants to be a politician
She’s been dreaming about it since she was a girl
She thought, that she’d be the one who could change the world
Always tryna pave the way for women in a man’s world
But life happened, house, kids, 2 cars, husband hit’s the jar,
Checks that don’t go very far now
Now she ain’t making changes, she keeps her mind on her wages
The only rattling cages are her own

Together We Cry [X2]

Theres so much sad gonna flood the ocean
Were all in tears from a world thats broken

Together We Cry [X2]

The comes a time that every bird has to fly
At some point every rose has to die
It’s hard to let your children go, leave home, where they go, who knows?
Gettin’ drunk, gettin’ stoned all alone
Teach a man to fish, feed a man for life
Show your kids the truth, and hope they never lie
Instead of reading in a letter that they’ve gone to something better
Bet your sorry now, I wont be coming home tonight

I’m sick of looking for those heroes in the sky
To teach us how to fly
Together we cry, we cry, we cry

Together We Cry

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by Sanity on January 12, 2009  •  Permalink
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Song of the day ~ Someone Who Believes in You

Sometimes all it takes is someone believing in us to pull us through, so for today and always, a song just for you… one close to my heart and soul, one that stands for all that I am.

Someone believes in you…

When there’s a dark storm on your horizon
And you think you can’t get through it
Just put your hand in my hand
And I’ll show you how to do it
When the future looks uncertain
You can count on me to be there
And when your heart and soul are hurtin’
Just look and you’ll see me there
Just follow where I lead
I’ll give you what you need
A love that’s always true
And someone who believes in you
So when you’re searching for that rainbow
I will help you find it
And when a mountain stands before you
I will help you climb it
Just follow where I lead
I’ll give you what you need
A love that’s always true
And someone who believes in you
It’s time to come alive
Your moment has arrived
I’ll bring out the best in you
We can have it all
No, we will never fall
Looking down from our celestial view
Just follow where I lead
I’ll give you what you need
And I’ll tell you something else
You’ll start believing in yourself
It’s an easy thing to do
When you have someone who believes in you
Someone who believes
Someone who believes
I’m someone who believes
And you’ve got someone who believes in you

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by Sanity on January 4, 2009  •  Permalink
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Hello 2009, post note to 2008: Cheers

Finding_the_light_by_NevaehBanishedAngel2008… What a weird, strange, wonderful, horrible, traumatic, incredible,  beautiful, loving, heart breaking, joyous, loss filled, soul destroying, knee jerking, soul lightening, friendship filled year of growth and forgiveness!

There is never any bad without good, a lesson I learnt at a young age, and although this year was more eventful than I have shared there were many moments of pure “oh wows”.

This year I lost a mentor, soul mother and friend.  She helped me during my homeless years, someone that kept me on the right road and called me the Daughter given by Allah.  Nessa was one of the good souls in this world, someone I will hold in my heart always, one whom I shan’t forget, both her memories and lessons.  I am who I am today because of this wise woman and I was truly blessed with the chance of having her in my life.

This year I gained another mentor, a soul sister and friend.  Her kind and compassionate soul stuck with me through thick and thin, never faltering, she kept me sane through long moments of insanity and loves me no matter what.

This year I dug through all the cupboards within the attic of my past, went through each box one by one and did some dusting, clearing out and accepting.  Reliving the past willingly was one of the hardest things I have ever done.  Facing the demons that lurked in the darkest corners and staring them in the eye soul destroying at times.

This year I re-learnt some valuable lessons, picked up a few new ones and found acceptance for what was that can never be undone or changed.  I forgave the trespasses against me and re-looked at the reasons for their actions, what made these people do the things they did to me.  I forgave these people a long time ago but never truly faced the anger that simmered deep within my belly.  I gave it up, understood and accepted.  Through it all I have grown strong and never again will I allow all that has happened in the past to happen once more.

This year people whom I thought were one thing, true and with backbone broke my heart.  Family members and once good friends alike, chance after chance, they proved themselves the fakes that they are.  Lies, deceptions, manipulation and selfishness ripped my heart to shreds, over and over again to the point that I started to believe that there were no people in this world with a heart or soul.

This year I was shown over and over again that there are people in this world that have the biggest of hearts, whose souls shine such bright lights that they pierce the darkest of nights.  For each person that broke my heart in my life I have found more than a couple of true, brilliant, amazing, warm, giving, kind, compassionate and loving people whom I now call dear friends.

2008 has given me it’s higher than highs and its lower than lows with it’s last gift to me from my birth mother.  She informed me on Christmas day that she had sold everything of mine, the sum of which she is keeping.  All I now own is the clothes I have with me, the clothes that I need to get from my sisters and 5 paintings.

I own one more thing far greater than all of those, the one thing she could not sell, the one thing no one can ever sell, not anymore…

I own my life!

So thank you 2008, I will drink a toast to you tomorrow night with a big smile on my face in thanks and happiness.

There is no bad without the good

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by Sanity on December 30, 2008  •  Permalink
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