There once was a farmer who hated his cow. He wanted the cow gone, because it wasn't good for anything. It would never produce milk, or even move from its spot. So the farmer decided to dig a hole and bury the cow. One day, he dug a large hole next to the cow and push the cow in the hole. One shovel after the next, the farmer tossed dirt on the back of the cow. But the cow shook the dirt off to the ground beneath its feet. The more the farmer threw dirt, the more the cow shook it off. The farmer finished throwing the dirt, turned around and nearly fainted. The cow was standing on level ground facing the farmer. You see, the dirt that the cow shook off it's back to the ground, the cow was packing it down under its feet. The more the dirt came in the hole the more the cow elevated back to the surface.
Moral of the story... learn how to take what others throw at you, shake it off, pack it under your feet, and use it to lift you to a higher place.
