Sand and stone

friends - it's why your friends are next to you .
@abiesm (373)
Vietnam
June 30, 2007 9:26pm CST
Unfortunately, this story has no source as it was written by some anonymous author and I was told by one of my friends. but found really interesting, so I post here for anyone who is in the mood for some discussion later . Sand and 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, he 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 his friend saved him. After he decovered from the near drowning, he wrote on the STONE: "Today my best friend saved my life". The friend, who has slapped and saved his best friend, asked him:"After I hurt you, you wrote in the SAND and now, you write on the STONE, why?"The other friend replied " When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand, where the 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 SAND and carve your blessings in STONE.
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@kitty1234 (1476)
• United States
1 Jul 07
So very true, never thought about it like that but it is important to remember the good and let go of the bad...I am going to try and live by these excellent words, bet it will release some stress in my life.