Topic: Just wanted to share !!!
LAMom's photo
Thu 02/08/07 10:39 AM
My Daughter sent this to me today,,,
Thought I would share with you,,,

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.



Real Friends are far and few in between,,,
Remember those you call friend,
and thank God for them..


flowerforyou

venusrose's photo
Thu 02/08/07 10:42 AM
Wise and loving advice...thanks for a beautiful read LAmom!

whispertoascream's photo
Thu 02/08/07 10:45 AM
Very touching D. Thanks for sharing.

kij's photo
Thu 02/08/07 10:46 AM
very true words - all too often it is the other way around -kind of
like a good deed goes unnoticed and a mistake is remembered forever -
thanks for sharing

no photo
Thu 02/08/07 10:59 AM


Thank you for a very heart felt story.

KAL's photo
Thu 02/08/07 11:12 AM
That was way cool!! Thanks for sharing.........

LAMom's photo
Thu 02/08/07 11:14 AM
Thanks,,,
True Friends are hard to find,,, Just a reminder to all of us, to keep
those bonds strong... flowerforyou

TxsGal3333's photo
Thu 02/08/07 11:14 AM
Ohhh so very true.

karmafury's photo
Thu 02/08/07 11:15 AM
Very wise words.

michael1313's photo
Thu 02/08/07 11:17 AM
awww that was SWEET!!!flowerforyou

Thank You!!!flowerforyou