SAND & STONE

Sand and StoneA story tells that two friends were walking throughthe desert. During some point of the journey, theyhad an argument, and one friend slapped the otherone 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 hadbeen slapped got stuck in the mire and starteddrowning, but his friend saved him. After herecovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone:Today my best friend saved my life.The friend, who had slapped and saved his bestfriend, asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote inthe 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 the winds offorgiveness can erase it away, but when someonedoes something good for us, we must engrave it instone where no wind can ever erase it.Learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carveyour blessings in stone.