Sand & Stone

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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

> > >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.

> > >

> > >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 lifetime to forget

> > them.

> > >

> > >Send this story to the people you'll never forget and remember

> > to send it

> > >also to the person who sent it to you. It's a short message to

> > let them

> > >know that you'll never forget them. If you don't send it to

> > anyone, it

> > >means you're in a hurry and that you've forgotten your friends.

> > Take the

> > >time to live.