A donkey was tied to a tree. The devil came and untied it. The donkey ran into the fields and was destroying the crop. The farmer's wife saw this and shot the donkey dead.

The donkey's owner was upset so he shot the farmer's wife. The farmer came back to see his wife dead, he went and shot the donkey's owner. The wife of the owner of the donkey asked her sons to go and burn the house of the farmer.

The boys went late evening and carried out their mother's orders happily, assuming that the farmer too would have been burnt with the house. Sadly, for them it wasn't that, so the farmer came back and shot the wife & the two sons of the owner of the donkey.

Remorseful, the farmer asked the devil, "Why did all this have to happen?"

The devil said, "I did nothing, I only released the donkey, but, all of you reacted, overacted and released your inner demons."

Did you get it?

So the next time before replying, responding, reporting, rebuking or avenging...stop and think. Be careful.

*Many a time all that the devil does is---just release a donkey*