GRIEF

Mulla Nasrudin's donkey ran away and did not return for many days and Nasrudin was overcome with grief.

“You may have lost your donkey, Mulla Nasrudin, but you don’t have to grieve over it more than you did about the loss of your first wife.”     

“Ah,” Nasrudin said, “if you remember when I lost my wife, all you villagers consoled me and said:  ‘We will find you someone else.’ So far, nobody has offered to replace my donkey.”