What a real examination is

     One 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. He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and begin 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 and was astonished at what he saw. With every shovel of dirt that fell on his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up. As the farmer’s neighbors 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 totted off!
     Last week's examination was exhausting. It was not the typical questions that I'm used too. The questions are piling up leaving me at the bottom. My only goal is to pass. I was out of no where that time but I noticed something, the questions are interrelated. So, I got an idea and was able to get the answers from the questions stated on the other numbers. Same thing goes in our lives, sometimes problems come and pull us down. But, why not turn it the other way around? The problem is not the problem, the problem is your attitude about the problem. It is the way how you see them. Don't be pushed by your problem, be led by your goals and dreams instead. Don't problem your problems. Let your problems, problem you. They are not stop signs because in fact, they are guidelines. Guidelines that will teach you on how you should face them and how you should protect yourself against all odds.
     Be like the donkey in the story, set those  problems as your stepping stones for you to be able to reach the top. What's important thing about a problem is not its solution but the strength we gain in finding a solution. Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick is to not to get bogged down by it. We can get out of the deepest wells by not stopping and by never giving up. Shake it off and take a step up!