SAND AND 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
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.

TeLL THeSE To ThE PEOpLE YOu'LL NEvER FOrGET.

I DiD.

If YoU DOn'T,

It MEaNS YOu'RE

In A HUrRY

 AnD THaT YOu'VE

MIsSED YoUR FRIeNDS.

TAkE ThE TImE To LiVE!

Do NoT VAlUE ThE THInGS

YoU HAvE In YoUR LiFE,

BuT VAlUE WhO YoU HAvE In YOuR LIfE!

AnD If u HApPEN To GeT It BAcK,

THeN u KNoW YoUR PLAcE In THeIR LiFE

Credit to Pija who forwarded it to the Group e-mail.