How Can I Get out of This Mess?

Here is the testimony of a Chinese Christian: ���I walked through the road of life and had fallen into a great ditch. The ditch was filled with depression, discouragement, and sin. As I lay in that ditch, Mohammed came along and said, ���It���s your fault you���re in the ditch. You offended Allah, and this is your just punishment.��� Then Marx came by and said, ���You���re in the ditch because of class warfare. You must revolt.��� But after the government changed, I was still in my ditch. Then Buddha came along and said, ���You���re not really in that ditch. You just think you���re there. It���s all an illusion of the mind. Be at peace.��� Then Confucius came by and said, ���Here are the 10 steps of self-attainment by which you can get out of your ditch. If you will struggle, you will climb out eventually.��� But as much as I struggled and strained, I couldn���t get out of the ditch, because it was too deep.