Sand or Stone

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.

Send this phrase 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.

Do not value the THINGS you have in your life.

But value WHO you have in your life!