Thanks nice Post. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marsha" <[email protected]> To: "Beth McNeal" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 4:10 PM Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Today's Story
> > 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 the friend 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... > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
