The Clear Language Of An Ass
IF ANIMALS SPOKE, only an ass would master their language! Ass is another word for donkey. In the wider world today this creature is terribly arbitrated as being stubborn. And as a result many have become the passionate assailants of the animal, thereby disliking and disrespecting it at the very most.
In the bible, on Numbers 22, Balaam’s donkey balked at seeing God’s angel standing in the way with a drawn sword in his hand. But when Balaam became furious towards his donkey and began beating it the third time to make it return to the road, God caused it to speak, and it said to Balaam: “What have I done to you to make you beat me three times?” “It is because you have made fool of me,” Balaam replied it impertinently. “If only I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you!” The donkey continued to ask him: “Am I not your donkey that you have ridden on all your life until today? Have I ever treated you this way before?” Balaam’s reply to it was a clear: “No!” Yet despite his unjust treatment to it, the donkey’s sagacity to avoid the threatening angel literally saved him from being killed, alone, by God’s angel with his sword. If you were to be treated in the same way as with Balaam’s donkey, perhaps at your workplace, by your employer over an urgent decision you were ought to make in his absence and for the company’s best interest, what would you have done? No doubt, if your temperament isn’t as great as an ass’, tender and quieten, you would have revenged yourself and perhaps made things worse. What kind of an animal an ass is really? Let’s take a look and see what can we learn from the personality of this animal.
Intelligent Peacekeeper and Protector
Although an ass may avoid such a powerful creature as an angel, it’s actually fierce and fearless towards its predators.
And for that reason, most asses are usually kept to protect animals such as sheep and goats.
An ass will bite anybody who fusses over nothing, for the sake of peace.
An ass takes lead to face danger. If the danger comes as a form of noise, it will first determine the defcon echelon, thereby assess it and then warn the rest of the herd.
Lessons:
Know your limitations in order to avoid shame and diminution, but never take them as an excuse for not standing up for what you believe in.
Do whatever, within reason, to keep peace between you and others.
Act decisively and courageously when you see what you must do.
Hearty and Instinctive Less food, but quality food. Less food reduces the chance of an ass from getting sick or having base issues. These animals, in fact, eat just to survive and be strong for real work. An ass has a great hearing due to its big ears. It uses it to alert the herd of dangers.
Lessons: Cultivate the mindset of abundance in your life. Rather live to be a man or woman of value as opposed to living meaninglessly. (1) We all have our different talents and skills. Don’t let yours go to waste. (2) Learn to listen. And listen attentively. Wisdom and discernment lies in listening.
Self-valued, Cogitative, and Self-respectable Docile and assiduous (it can bear the same load size as their average body weight) but an ass does not hesitate to show its discomfort when the weight it has carried is too heavy or is not sitting well. Such as in the case of Balaam and his donkey, asses would rather tolerate pain than to act against its instincts, hence are seen as stubborn. When treated with care, an ass loves its owners. They don’t need much care, but they do need to be treated good physically and emotionally (such as when they are feeling uncomfortable or feeling pain). When they are given tender loving care, they serve their owners with their tender loving determination. Lessons: Love, be altruistic, but know who you are and do not hesitate to let others understand it. Do not keep quite just because you fear being unloved. Show others how to respect you and to respect your limits as well.
You have to have a strong belief in your own dignity and your own value so much that you will not compromise your life only to live the lives of other people. Make decisions where you have to make decisions, and stick to them.
Choose to be useful, not to be used. Don’t let anyone take you for granted. Unless if it’s God whom you allow using you, no harm shall happen on you. He’ll make sure that you feel useful all while contributing towards fulfilling his purpose.
Relaxed Asses walk either slow or slower, but they always reach their destination. Back in the days they were used to fetch water from seas and rivers, and to transport goods and people from one place to the other. It was the ass, not a horse, which carried the mighty Jesus to Jerusalem. Yet today, people still refuse to understand the language asses speak. Horses are still valued high above them. Yet, how many of those horses have fought and crippled humans when they were angry and refused to obey? Asses are still being imposed on, abused, and killed. These days, people even kill them for their meat and gelatin. These intelligent creatures continue being despised; hence can be bought at very cheapest prices everywhere in the world. They docilely work hard and long hours, more than most domestic animals do. Yet despite the expression of stubbornness labelled onto their character to ruin their reputation, these animals are still the abiding peaceful creatures. They are calm, slow and worriless. Hence they are relaxed, yet uncompromising about what they are. No amount of hatred by humans, torture and disrespect has managed to change what they are. Peace is their ass rule. Docility is their life. But they’ll never let you take them for granted because they always feel that they count and have a worth. Lessons: ‘Never hurry and never worry…’ That’s my favorite quote from Charlotte’s Web novel, by Elwyn Brooks White. And to complete it I say, ‘…but always factor the outcome.’ Keep doing the fine works. If you’ve done good to people for so many years in your life but they still don’t care, just remember to keep doing good. It’s the right thing to do. And if doing the right thing is part of your ethics, then you won’t ever have to regret a thing by so doing. When life gives you lemons, and Beyonce did this when they tried to despise her marriage, make yourself some lemonade. Remain calm, slow, and worriless – remember the ass rule. They shall hate you, mock you, and treat you with partiality until they can’t do anything anymore. That’s what happened with blacks from the beginning of times, with the poor, with women and children who have been kicked and looked down at, but today they are all still standing and absolutely doing well. It’s the complete evidence that nothing, nobody, can diminish anybody vestigial. Not even the powerful spiritual creatures can if that’s not what the Almighty God Himself wants happening to you. Therefore don’t let discouragements, judgments and hatred of this world change your motive in life and make you feel restive. Don’t let anyone make you feel that you are worthless. But like an ass, always speak the language that you understand best and make it clear to everyone even if they refuse to understand it; always feel that your life has a definitive significance.