Sand And Stone - 26 Apr 2007

Sand and Stone
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>
>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 W ROTE 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 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. I JUST DID.
>
>IF YOU DON'T
>SEND IT TO ANYONE,
>IT MEANS YOU'RE IN A
>HURRY AND THAT YOU'VE
>FORGOTTEN YOUR FRIENDS.
>TAKE THE TIME TO LIVE!
>
>DO NOT VALUE THE THINGS
>YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE, BUT VALUE
>WHO YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE!
>