The Father, The Son and The Donkey

One day, a farmer intended to sell one of their donkeys in the market. He asked the son to come along. So, the father, the son and the donkey were then on their way to the market.

Upon passing Village A, a few villagers saw them and one of them said:' Hey, look at that! What kind of father will let the son walk and not ride on the donkey?'

The father heard it. He let the son rode on the donkey. They then passed by Village B. There, they heard somebody shouted:' Hey! What kind of son will let the father walk and he himself rides on the donkey?'

Upon hearing this, the father let the son came down and he rode on the donkey. Not far from there, someone shouted:' Hey! What kind of father will let the son walk and he himself rides on the donkey?'

So, the father helped the son up again. Both of them now rode on the donkey. Very soon, they heard somebody commented again:' Hey! How can you torture your donkey like that? Both of you are too heavy for the poor donkey!'

So, the father and the son decided to carry the donkey from there on to the market. The donkey wasn't comfortable. Very soon they came to a river. Upon crossing the bridge, the donkey struggled out of fear. At the end, the donkey fell into the river and be flushed away by the water. The father and the son were then went home empty handed.


The moral of the story was said to be: you can't please everybody.


Newer version, father was riding on horse and the son donkey. Newest, they use truck to transport the donkey to the market.


Some times, people don't know what to do in life. They learn from watching, listening or communicating with others.

All of the suggestions seem right to me. The father, may be, didn't try to please anyone but just obey with appropriate recommendations. But the last thing they farmer did was out of his own idea.................... A little too smart or act in hash at wit's end................

Every decision that we made has its consequences that we must bear. Sometimes, it is difficult to say right or wrong until much later. It doesn't matter how much effort we put into something that we are doing, it is the right decision that we make that counts the most. Someone said:' The greatest sadness in life is running into the wrong direction enthusiastically.'

As we are afraid of the unknown consequences, sometimes, we are afraid to make decision, afraid that it might be a wrong one out of so many and we have to bear the unfavorable consequences then....................

It takes many factors to determine a decision made. Sometimes, one out of many choices; sometimes, one out of no choice. The choices we have may increase with age, experience, surrounding and of course, how much we have.  Not too sure how to explain intuition and how to sharpen it.

What is the greatest challenge you ever faced in your life journey? What kind of decision making process have enable you to make the right choice? Do you believe in miracle? We would like to hear from you.........

Inspiring links:

1. Short stories by Paulo Coelho, Christ Cade etc

2. FREE intuition test

3. Inspiring Movies I like: ..... ( in the progress of listing..............)