Learn to Write in the Sand
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 carved 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 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 IN THE SAND