Billabonic

Life Among The Selected Few
2012-08-10 19:34:42 (UTC)

Stone


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 BLESSINGS IN STONE.


THEY SAY IT TAKES VERY LITTLE TIME TO FIND SPECIAL PEOPLE,


A WHILE TO REALLY APPRECIATE THEM,


EVEN LONGER TO REALIZE YOU LOVE THEM,


BUT THEN,


AN ENTIRE LIFE TO NEVER FORGET THEM.


REMIND THOSE PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE YOU'LL NEVER FORGET THEM.


I JUST DID..


TAKE THE TIME TO LIVE, LOVE, APPRECIATE, AND ENJOY THIS LIFE YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN.


DO NOT VALUE THE THINGS YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE, BUT VALUE WHO YOU KNOW AND HAVE KNOWN IN YOUR LIFE THAT TRULY MADE A DIFFERENCE! HOPEFULLY I AM BLESSEDTO BE ONE OF THEM.


Be kinder than necessary, to everyone you meet, and remember, no doubt, just as you are, they themselves are fighting some kind of battle.




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