Friends' Slides Collection: Set 012a: Sand & Stone
Set 012a: Sand & Stone 沙與石   received from 張蕙元 Ellen HY Chang
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 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.

THEY SAY IT TAKES  
A MINUTE  TO FIND A SPECIAL  PERSON,
AN HOUR TO APPRECIATE THEM,
A DAY TO LOVE THEM, BUT  THEN
AN ENTIRE LIFE TO FORGET THEM.

SEND THIS TO THE  PEOPLE YOU'LL NEVER  FORGET.
  
TAKE THE TIME TO  LIVE!    
VALUE WHO YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE  !
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