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 the friend 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
other friend replied: “When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand
where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something
good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.”
LEARN
TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND, AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE
