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 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 LIFE
TO FORGET THEM !
DO NOT VALUE THE THINGS
YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE, BUT VALUE
WHO YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE !