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."
Moral: Do not value the
things you have in your
life. But value who you
have in your life.