Something to Think About

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, 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. 


Author Unknown