I spotted this story and wanted to share.

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!

MORAL :
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.

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1. Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.

2. Free your mind from worries - Most never happens.

3. Live simply and appreciate what you have.

4. Give more.

5. Expect less from people but more from yourself.

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Happened for the first time in my 6 years at tacobell.

Spotted : To the gentleman who paid for his friends order which dominoed to the following 3 cars paying it forward, in my time at Tacobell I have never seen paying it forward like that way to go you guys are great :) a very impressed Tacobell supervisor

Spotted : To the heartless person who hit my car in the Devonshire mall parking lot today while I worked I just want say thank you for not leaving me a note or reporting yourself. And for ruining a university students Christmas break. I look forward to forking out what little money I do have and racking up a nice credit card bill in order to fix the damage you did to my car. I sincerely hope karma comes back to you and any others who does this to someone's vehicle. You don't deserve the privilege of driving if you don't have the decency of owning up to your accidents.
Happy holidays.
Signed,
An upset mall employee.

Spotted : To the young waitress at East Side Marios on Saturday December 28th evening: Thank you to much for singing Happy Birthday to our 3 year old daughter even though no other servers could/ would sing with you. You were so sweet to continue with it alone rather than just say "sorry, no one can do it". It really made my heart swell to see this.

We also were so impressed with your honesty at a perceived mistake in your favour. ~*She assumed the tip we left was a error on our part on the debit machine and came running over to tell us we must have made a mistake as we were leaving.~* We hope you had a wonderful birthday as well and enjoyed the rest of your evening.

Again, thank you for singing Happy Birthday to our 3 year old daughter and coming over to ensure we had not made an error on our debit transaction - your honesty and sweetness made our evening memorable and so pleasant!

Signed: A happy mom & dad

Spotted : Two local musicians, Amedeo Falconio from ClassX and Matt Lalonde from Mic Lordz and Sauce Funky, had over $11,000 worth of gear stolen from Matt's truck. The robbery occurred Saturday December 28th between 11:30 p.m. and 2:15 a.m. near the corner of Goyeau and Tuscarora in downtown Windsor. We are hoping that the kindness of Windsor's community can help bring the gear back to them, especially the five guitars that were taken. If anyone has seen or heard anything it would mean the world if you could contact us with that information. The gear was their livelihood. We appreciate your time and support!
You can contact Amedeo Falconio at falconio19@hotmail.com, Matt Lalonde at universalanimalent@ymail.com, or Sara Langlois at langlois@uwindsor.ca

Cheers kind people!

WELL......yesterday marks the 2nd time I've been robbed in the Christmas season. Some lucky person is now the owner of all of this which they stole from my truck on goyeau and tuscarora. Please, PLEASE keep your eyes open for any piece of this list of musical equipment. The above was posted by local musician Matt Lalonde, his means of earning a living has been stolen for the second Christmas in 3 years. Please check out his facebook page and help him find his stolen gear

Link: www.facebook.com/MatteMLSF?fref=ts

Spotted : To the city employee who went above amd and beyond today to help make the ugly sweater run a success. I thank you. By taking time out to help get the path clear was greatly appreciated.

Spotted : The Optimist Club of Windsor thanks you all for taking the time out of your hectic lives and spending it with us for this event. Your attendance of our Ugly Sweater Run to benefit the NICU of Windsor Regional Hospital, at the Festival Plaza on Sunday the 29th of December means so much to us.

All of us were greatly warmed by your presence. It graced the event, indeed. It was incredibly generous of you to spend time with us and step into our world. We hope the experience was heart-warming and fun.

Nonetheless, we hope and aspire that you will be a support in the following years to come too. You are a ray of light that enlightens the lives of these special children.

It would be a pleasure for us if you would continue with your assistance to help our club and this event grow, prosper and touch the lives of special children in years to come. Their right is your responsibility and for fulfilling it as a human with such vigilance, Again, We thank you.

Regards

Stephane Beaudin