A Special Post

Someone very special sent this to me the other day, I thought it was so beautiful that it was worth posting here.  Your thought for the day.............

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'

 LET US ALL LEARN TO WRITE

OUR HURTS IN

THE SAND AND TO

CARVE OUR

BENEFITS IN STONE.