Sand & Stone

[keen_observer]

This one has been circulated in the net for awhile. Some of you may have seen it before. I have no idea who is the original author; anyway, I enjoy reading this writing, and would like to share with you.

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A story tells that two friends were walking through
the desert. During some point of the journey they had
an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in
the face.

The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying
anything, wrote in the sand:

TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE

They kept on walking until they found an oasis, where
they decided to take a bath. The one who had been
slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning,
but the friend saved him. After he recovered from the
near drowning, he wrote on a stone:

TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE

The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend
asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand
and now, you write on a stone, Why?"

The friend replied, "When someone hurts us we should
write it down in the sand, where winds of forgiveness
can erase it away.

But, when someone does something good for us, we must
engrave it in a stone where no wind can ever erase
it."


LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND TO CARVE
YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE


They say it takes a minute to find a special person,
an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them, but
then an entire life to forget them.


THANKS FOR BEING MY FRIEND.