sand and stone

China
October 27, 2009 10:06am CST
during some point of a journey,two men had an argument,one slapped the other in the face,surprisely,man had been slapped without saying anything,wrote in the sand:"today,my best friend slapped me in the face".They kept walking until they found a oasis dicided to have a bath,the man had been slapped drawning into a swamp and the other man saved him,after recoverd from the near drawning,he wrote on the stone:"today,my best friend saved my life"the man had slapped and saved asked:"when I slapped you in the face,you wrote in the sand,and now,you wrote on the stone,why" the man been slapped and been saved said:"when someone do harm to us,we wrote in the sand where the wind of forgiveness can erase it away,and when someone help us,we engrave on the stone where the wind and rain can ever erase."
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4 responses
@Brad2289 (184)
• United States
27 Oct 09
This is a beautiful story that relates to real life in so many ways. We can always forgive friends and forgot some of the things they do when they hurt us (intentional or not). But when they greatly help us, we wil never forget their kindness. What a great story, keep posting more like these.
• China
28 Oct 09
way to go!your friend will thanks god for have such a nice friend like you!
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
27 Oct 09
lichee china That is a lovely story with some valid points we can forgive and forget slights, we write them on the sand and time blows them away, but we engrave in our hearts the good that men do.
• China
27 Oct 09
yeah,just as the story say,someone help us,we engrave on the stone where wind and rain can ever erase it,while when someone put harm to us,we wrote it in the sand where wind can erase it away!
@niuniu1 (166)
• China
28 Oct 09
yeah,a beautiful story,i've read the story somewhere,forgiveness is much better than hatred,both good for us and our friends,what's more,for our friendship.and it's also applicable for many other things.
• China
28 Oct 09
Yeah!It is a very beautiful story!I had read it in one Chinese magazine!It teach our how to deal with the help and harm the other people gives,it also the wisdom of life!