>From: "pinkroses" <[email protected]> > > >-------Original Message------- > > >Subject: Beautiful Story > > >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 life to forget them. > > > > > >Do not value the THINGS you have in your life. But value WHO you have in >your life! > > >