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Moral Of The Day

One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn’t worth it to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone’s amazement he quieted down.

A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.

As the farmer’s neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!

The Moral of this story:
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.

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Story Of The Day

This is a verbatim extract from a National Public Radio interview between a female broadcaster and Army LT.GEN. Reinwald about sponsoring a Boy Scout Troop on his military installation.

Interviewer: “So, LT.GEN. Reinwald, what are you going to do with these young boys on their adventure holiday?”

LTGEN Reinwald: “We’re going to teach them climbing, canoeing, archery, and shooting.”

Interviewer: “Shooting! That’s a bit irresponsible, isn’t it?”

LTGEN Reinwald: “I don’t see why, they’ll be properly supervised on the range.”

Interviewer: “Don’t you admit that this is a terribly dangerous activity to be teaching children?”

LTGEN Reinwald: “I don’t see how, we will be teaching them proper range discipline before they even touch a firearm.”

Interviewer: “But you’re equipping them to become violent killers.”

LTGEN Reinwald: “Well, you’re equipped to be a prostitute, but you’re not one, are you?”

DEAD AIR…..NO FURTHER QUESTIONS..

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The Secret to a Happy Married Life

Once Joe asked Tom, “What is the secret behind your happy married life?”

Tom said, “You should share responsibilities with due love and respect to each other. Then absolutely there will be no problems.”

Joe asked, “Can you explain?”

Tom said, “In my house, I take decisions on bigger issues where as my wife decides on smaller issues. We do not interfere in each other’s decisions.”

Still not convinced, Joe asked Tom “Give me some examples”

Tom said, “Smaller issues like which car we should buy, how much amount to save, when to visit home town, which Sofa, air conditioner, refrigerator to buy, monthly expenses, whether to keep a maid or not etc are decided by my wife. I just agree to it”

Joe asked, “Then what is your role?”

Tom said, “My decisions are only for very big issues. Like whether America should attack Iraq, whether Britain should lift sanctions over Zimbabwe, whether to widen African economy, whether Brett Favre should retire etc. Do you know one thing, my wife NEVER objects to any of these”.

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The Fisherman

One day a fisherman was lying on a beautiful beach, with his fishing pole propped up in the
sand and his solitary line cast out into the sparkling blue surf. He was enjoying the warmth
of the afternoon sun and the prospect of catching a fish.

About that time, a businessman came walking down the beach, trying to relieve some of the
stress of his workday. He noticed the fisherman sitting on the beach and decided to find out
why this fisherman was fishing instead of working harder to make a living for himself and his
family.

“You aren’t going to catch many fish that way,” said the businessman to the fisherman, “you
should be working rather than lying on the beach!”

The fisherman looked up at the businessman, smiled and replied, “And what will my reward be?”

“Well, you can get bigger nets and catch more fish!” was the businessman’s answer.

“And then what will my reward be?” asked the fisherman, still smiling.

The businessman replied, “You will make money and you’ll be able to buy a boat, which will then
result in larger catches of fish!”

“And then what will my reward be?” asked the fisherman again.

The businessman was beginning to get a little irritated with the fisherman’s questions. “You
can buy a bigger boat, and hire some people to work for you!” he said.

“And then what will my reward be?” repeated the fisherman.

The businessman was getting angry. “Don’t you understand? You can build up a fleet of fishing
boats, sail all over the world, and let all your employees catch fish for you!”

Once again the fisherman asked, “And then what will my reward be?”

The businessman was red with rage and shouted at the fisherman, “Don’t you understand that you
can become so rich that you will never have to work for your living again! You can spend all
the rest of your days sitting on this beach, looking at the sunset. You won’t have a care in
the world!”

The fisherman, still smiling, looked up and said, “And what do you think I’m doing right now?”

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Embarrassing Purchase

I bought a plunger the other day. Have you ever bought a plunger? It’s an embarrassing purchase. At first, you think it’s no big deal. You stand in the line, swinging it and then you realize everybody knows; you got a situation at home. Nobody buys a plunger on a whim.

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