From another list: "Learn To Write In The Sand" > > > > A story tells that two friends > > were walking through the desert. > > At a specific 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 anything to say, > > he 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 got slapped and hurt > > started drowning, > > and the other friend saved him. > > When he recovered from the fright, > > he wrote on a stone: > > "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND > > SAVED MY LIFE." > > > > The friend who saved and slapped > > his best friend, asked him, > > "Why, after I hurt you, > > you wrote in the sand, > > and now you write on a stone?" > > > > The other friend, smiling, replied: > > "When a friend hurts us, > > we should write it down in the sand, > > where the winds of forgiveness > > get in charge of erasing it away, > > and when something great happens, > > we should engrave it in the stone > > of the memory of the heart, > > where no wind can erase it" > > --Author Unknown > >