> 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."
>