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Sand and Stone

Two friends we walking through the desert. During some point, they had an argument; and one friend slapped the other 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. But the friend saved him.

After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote in 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 wrotewrote in the sand and now you wrote on a stone. Why?"

The friend replied: "When someone hurts us we should write it down in the sand, where winds of forgivness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can erase it."

Posted by Ann Guy on 11/24/2007 09:33 AM

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23 Comments on Sand and Stone

NOV

2007

Nice story...thanks for sharing. My family is from Allentown, Pa!

Thanks, Mike. Glad you enjoyed it.

Ann,

That was Excellent!! I really enjoyed it.

Hey Ann,

That was a very nice story.

Sean Allen

Ann-I have read this before. It is a very a great story about forgiveness.

I'm all for thowing a hand full of sand in the eyes of anyone that smacks me.

One of my faults is not forgiving and I need to learn to understand others and not be so focuced on ME. Thanks for the message.

What a great little story that illustrates such an important truth! Thank you for sharing it this morning!

What a simply beautiful story and message. Thank you for sharing.

Hi Tom, I'm glad you did!

Sean-That's why I had to share

Christi-It is a story that struck a nerve with me so I wanted to share

Chris-LMAO...that is along the lines of my normal approach.

Terry-I, too, have that flaw.

I need to learn from Chris. My self defense skills are slooooow. :o)

*teehee* I'm a sweet little cupcake!

Sarah-We love you just the way you are

Chris- I think you are....as long as you don't get your face slapped

Chris - " ... baked by the devil!" :o) (How do you do an evil grin??) >:o) Oh, forget it.

Ann, seriously, I don't even duck when shot at. No lie. Slooooow defense skills but I get there.

NOV

2007

WOW!! Ann.. I was thinking something else at first but what a great rule for us to follow.

ANN - Happy Thanksgiving. Thank you for sharing the story. We all need to keep this in mind every day.

Ann- I have always loved that story! Katerina

NOV

2007

This message should be engraved in everyone's mind. Thanks for the post.

So the moral of the story is when Ann slaps me silly and throws a rock at me I should take her to the beach and beg forgiveness...

...kewl....

NOV

2007

Phil-I hope you had a great thanksgiving!

Matthew-I am trying to figure out what it is you were thinking...

Katerina-Thanks for stopping by

Brigita-It should be, I agree

Rob-I love the beach....but it's a little cold this time of year

JAN

2008

Thanks, Ann. Though this is a couple of months old, I think this should be one of the timeless posts!

Thanks for the nice story. It is always good to read thoughtful info.

Matthew--I agree. I am looking for the good not holding on to the bad.

Vincent--Thank you.

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