Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Great Tip Tuesday!

Sand & Stone
Two friends were talking 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. He recovered from the near drowning and 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 friend replied, "When someone hurts us we should write it down in the sand, where the 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!

10 comments:

April said...

Awesome post...thanks for sharing it with all of us!

Anonymous said...

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Sandy said...

Nice post!

Anonymous said...

Very good lesson!

Kristen said...

That's a great reminder!

Unknown said...

Very good advise..now if i could just put it into practice.

Unknown said...

BEAUTIFUL! and so True...loved this

Vickie said...

Ahh, good post, Jeannie.

Cassie said...

This is a great post! I love this story!

ChicagoLady said...

Very good advice. Too many people struggle with forgiveness.