| 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. |
| Choices... How often do
we say yes to something merely by staying silent. How
often do we say yes when we really mean no. How many
times have we let certain things slide merely because we
didn't want to make waves or get involved. |
