A donkey was tied to a tree. One night a ghost cut the rope & released the donkey free. The donkey went & destroyed the crops on an adjacent farmer’s land. Infuriated, the farmer’s wife shot the donkey and killed it. The donkey’s owner was devastated at the loss. In reply, he killed the farmer’s wife. Angered by his wife’s death, the farmer took a sickle and killed the donkey’s owner. The wife of the donkey’s owner got so angry that she & her sons set the farmer’s house on fire. The farmer, looking at his house turned into ashes, killed the wife and children of the donkey’s owner. Finally, when the farmer was full of regret, he asked the ghost why did it kill them all?
The ghost replied, “I killed nobody. I just released a donkey that was tied to a rope. It is all of you who released the devils within you which resulted in everything bad that occurred thereafter.”
We too meet such people like ghosts, they simply release donkeys on a daily basis and people react & argue with each other, hurt each other, without having a second thought.
So, it’s our responsibility that we do not react to every donkey released and preserve our relationship with our friends, relatives & community.
