Two Friends

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.

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.

Do not value the THINGS you have in your life..

But value WHO you have in your life!


I received this email this morning from Joanne, which was a forward from Maryline.

Anyway, as soon as I read it, I realised what a big mistake I'd committed.  However,

I know that I cannot take things back.  Although it is a mistake, it's the only way I

can move on with my life. I'm not going to apologise for it, because I have to do it.

There's only so much I can take at a point in time.  If I have to keep on facing some

things, I'll never get over them.  Right now I can only hope that people can

understand why I have to do it.  The last time I couldn't get over it because I had

to constantly face it.

** This will be the last post ever on this issue **