. Story to ponder, THE SAND AND THE ROCK / reflection .

Sand and rock
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AN ARABIC LEGEND SAYS THAT TWO FRIENDS WERE TRAVELING THROUGH THE DESERT AND ARGUED. ONE ENDED GIVING THE OTHER A SLAP. THE OFFENDED DROPPED AND WRITTEN WITH HIS FINGERS IN THE SAND: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND HAS GIVEN ME A HUGE SLAP IN THE FACE."

THEY CONTINUED THE JOURNEY AND ARRIVED AT AN OASIS, WHERE THEY DECIDED TO BATHE. THE ONE WHO HAD BEEN LICKED AND HURT BEGAN TO DROWN. THE OTHER ONE JUMPED TO SAVE HIM. RECOVERING FROM THE POSSIBLE DROWNING, HE TOOK A STYLET AND STARTED RECORDING A FEW WORDS ON A HUGE STONE. AT THE END, YOU COULD READ: “TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE”.

INTRIGUED HIS FRIEND, ASKED HIM:

WHY DID YOU WRITE IN THE SAND WHEN I HURT YOU AND NOW YOU WRITE ON A ROCK?
SMILING, THE OTHER ANSWERED:

WHEN A GREAT FRIEND OFFENDS US, WE MUST WRITE THE OFFENSE IN THE SAND, WHERE THE WIND OF FORGIVENESS AND FORGIVENESS WILL DELETE IT AND FORGET IT. INSTEAD, WHEN A GREAT FRIEND HELPS US OR SOMETHING GREAT HAPPENS TO US, IT MUST BE RECORDED ON THE STONE OF THE MEMORY OF THE HEART, WHERE NO WIND FROM ANY PART OF THE WORLD WILL BE ABLE TO ERASE IT.