Carving for Life

Two friends were walking through the desert. During one point of the travels they got into an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was obviously hurt, but without saying a word, wrote in the sand: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE."

They kept walking until they reached an oasis, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped, got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but his friend saved him. After the first one recovered from his near drowning, he carved out 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 carve out of stone, why?"

He 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 problems and pains in sand, but carve your blessings in stone.