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 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."
LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE.
Something to share….
In life, many times when we were embarrassed, insulted or humiliated, we felt hurt and began emotionally upset. Anger started boiling in us and hatred began to grip into our heart. We swore that we would take revenge one day. Worst if we were slapped on the face. Evil thought straightaway flashed across our mind, “Yeah. It must be a tooth to a tooth, an eye to an eye!” That’s human’s wickedness in nature. Too resentful!
Learn to write your emotional wounds in sand. Why? That’s because it will never heal unless you are willing to forgive. If you don’t, do you know that you are the one who really suffers? The pain will dominate your whole life! Make a wise decision. Let the “winds of forgiveness erase it away.”
On the other hand, always be grateful to someone who has been good to you. Be thankful that you have a best friend who is always there to encourage you, to motivate you, and to lift you up when you are down. Bury your gratefulness and thankfulness in your heart as if you “engrave it in a stone where no wind can ever erase it”.
