GROWTH: IN NATURE AND OF THE SOUL



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
in 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.

A group of some online friends of mine and I have recently been through a difficult time because of one "bad" person (which we have weathered and become closer for) and finding this little gem in my inbox was not only timely but appreciated.

Hope you are all having a wickedly fun weekend! Take care of each other and PEACE! to you....

Love Jude