Survival of the fittest

Thank you Dear One.

You always succeed in making my day brighter.

What a great story, my new friend!  I'll remember it forever, and re tell it, if you don't mind.  I'll probably change the last line to “otherwise you'll lose your ass.”  ;o)

Love!!

Sue

OHHHH!!! I HONESTLY, HONESTLY LOVE YOU JANAK!

Yes you EARNED this one, sweetie. You are my TRUE brother, tho we haven't met face to face in this life yet. You are such an inspiration!

I'm going to state publicly - you asked for it! - that I consider you a true hu-man… 'hu' for humble, for humane, for humming [as in beautiful spiritual energy projected], and I am certain you can give and take a hug… I'm going to see what other 'hu's I can think of and insert them later if I can hahaha  I simply love a man with an open heart. God bless you and your wisdom.

Much blessings to you. Sherri

This is so profound and wonderful,
thank you for sharing this story and your awe inspiring expression, this has filled my heart dear one….

Baby this is deep……

Love
Ange

Hey baby,

Re: 'i only wish that i had it open as wide as i do now, in my past…'

No Regrets

Just returning the beautiful favour… Angel.

Love you much. Sherri

Sweet.  Hey J.  Wow….you sure do bring interesting, unique blogs to the world….I am impressed each time…..and before I forgot, happy brothers day….I didn't forget….just wasn't sure which day you guys are celebrating it in your part of the world…..

Love the story…love the message you extracted out of it…….

It's a favorite story from my childhood and one that still preoccupies my mind on days long……..I remember the moral as being, “when you try to please everyone, you will lose your ass/donkey…”  ha ha………and it occurs to me that the father and son made a genuine sacrifice to make  each village happy….and what's wrong with that?

See?  Your lovely, positive message is making me think positive too…..

By trying to please everyone, they survived….survival of the fittest…….(I mean some villagers are full of madness ….lol…I see them chasing  the trio out of town with thier hoes and sticks and shovels if they dare to turn up their noses at foolish advice………..so in the end they ended up losing their ass, but what is a donkey really?  A car, the ego, pride????
lol………..however, I agree, we gotta put common sense before crowd pleasing….

Gee….you always make my lazy brain think….love ya for that….

How beautiful,how wonderful .. baby this is deep..but oh so true… honey lets go dancing in the moonlight… love you so much…

Beautiful SharonFriend, I wanna dance in the moonlight, toooooooo!

Beautiful blog my friend! This is a story from my childhood, actually came in a form of a song in Russian. Very sweet.
Reminds me of this quote by Bill Cosby of all people:

“I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.”

:-)

Let's dance !!!

I remember this story from my childhood and my memory of the moral is exactly what Amy wrote… and I'm inclined to agree with (or at least to ponder with a sparkle in my eye) what she has written about the father and son making genuine sacrifices for each village they visited… yes, if you try to please everyone you meet you might lose your ass(et), but if you brought satisfaction or comfort or happiness to those people along the way, perhaps you can consider that a life well lived… why not? we're constantly justifying and defending our actions, aren't we?

Thanks for the story and for the dancing and for giving me another light by which to see. :-)

The beautiful thing is, if the donkey is supposed to be your peace, it's great to know you can always go back for it and it is very much alive :)

I think we should please ourselves; that seems to bring lots of pleasure to others also.

That's my story and I am sticking to it lol

Have a great Sunday lovies! Sherri

They should've just laughed their ass off :-D
Also reminded me of, “Damned if you do, damned if you don't.” :-D

And I love MamaSue's version too, LOL.

Thank You Brother/Son/Father/Uncle/Friend Janak!~~<3
May you all walk with donkeys. LOL LOL LOL :-D

I hereby pledge here in this sacred space, before my friends, to remain always… at one with my Ass.

Ass above, so below…  Amen.

I checked Martha's blog out J; I told her this morning that she is supremely wise. Ok, not in those exact words but I did tell her that she knows more and has more to contribute to the world right now than just about every world leader in their particular Boys Club. We are ALL the same, don't doubt it.

Least Effort is indeed one of my favourite 'new' laws… it is why Smiling is part of my new approved arsenal :D hmmm

And by the way, I listened to that radio station of yours much of last night. I felt like I was in the UK again; it's funny how that works.

Anyway, back to my steadfast donkey now ;) Love you muchly. Sherri

  Thanks, J.  It was truly a beautiful, smooth flowing read, the way you summarized your comment in your usual compassionate voice…………

Nishtha, Ariela and all of the other participants, wow….  We're definitely a ‘thinking' bunch….all of us are able to view this ‘tale' from different angles…………and able to add more light to it……………And I am enjoying it all….makes me see light and shadow too……………. and how can I deny the shadow when it's exactly that which brings out the full dimension of the picture?

Thanks for that lovely cosby quote, Nalini……………….I truly agree with it………..and the fact that Bill is a success speaks volumes……………….but I also see this other side upon contemplating the public life of Bill and that of other hollywood rising and falling stars…………..That they are the biggest crowd pleasers on this globe……… one of the keys to success perhaps…….

 So yay, Martha….I am all for…”Do unto others as you will have them do onto you.”  such wise words….psst…I'll try not to forget this as soon as I leave this blog….

Thanks guys and gals for keeping us all communicating and learning from each other…

Deep bow to all of you.

PS: Thanks Sherri….”We are all the same”   You just inspired me to listen to this song….”We are one”    and I think I might just send it to our Nic to cheer her up….on my way over here, I saw her looking a little bit sad….

Yes, you're a great DJ…and a great storyteller…and a great tour guide…and a great friend!
Love Youuuu~~<3

thank you for making me keep in touch with my inner donkey.  great blog and that link to the ministry of sound tracks is fab. 
samme

I was going to say hi Mr. or Ms. Bliss, but realized I don't know you well enough to even say that much…..Hi Bliss!  Thanks for the link to this.  That story of the donkey is absolutely great, a wonderful sharing.  I've heard that story before and absolutely loved it.  And the message you've spun from it is great….thanks again!

*Smiles*   Right J….(   how did he know I always come back to read his every word..).

ah….the power of words….:It makes me and I see within your angelic mind of a devil, embodiment of the masculine principle, sweet heart to charm the feminine….mmm…….I see a perfect world….a krsna shining sweetly through you…..

:-))

I had to share Horses part 1 and part 2 by Celestial Navigations.  If you are into great storytelling Geoffrey Lewis is a master.  He wrote all of the stories here and the horses can be a bit griefy but has a good lesson on personal ethics.
Thanks for sharing your donkey story.

Beautiful story! Thank you!  :-))))

Bravo! :)

Terrifci what you said about DNA….and how we have the genetics of survivors. What a great reminder for when we feel weak or down…I have the DNA of those who made it through the fire and ice.

lovely ~ J

Very, very good story. :)

Came by to delight in the story once again, and to admire that wonderful, amazing photograph. That little plant doesn't understand “You can't do that” LOL. It's blazing it's own path…
Love Youuuuuuu~~~<3