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Sands of Forgiveness
By Viola | January 25, 2008
Sands of Forgiveness
Today I have had an e-mail of Jack, a friend of mine. Jack is the guy who some time ago came to me ‘rescue’ when I was sitting on a bench in the woods getting soaked as it was raining. I haven’t seen Jack in a while, but you bet, he always gets in touch (one way or another) when he is supposed to. Amazing!
Jack send this to me today and it enough made me think about forgiveness once again.
Sands of Forgiveness
by Author Unknown
A story tells that 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.”
Jack also added:
“WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND - ENGRAVE THE GOOD IN STONE”
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