The True Friends

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 OTHER 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.

SEND THIS PHRASE TO THE PEOPLE YOU'LL NEVER FORGET.

IF YOU DON'T SEND IT TO ANYONE,


IT MEANS YOU'RE IN A HURRY


AND THAT YOU'VE FORGOTTEN 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!