Sand and stone

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:
 ¢â‚¬Å“today my best friend slapped me in the face. ¢â‚¬ 

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:
 ¢â‚¬Å“today my best friend saved my life  ¢â‚¬Å“

The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him,  ¢â‚¬Ëœafter i hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone, why? ¢â‚¬â„¢

His friend replied  ¢â‚¬Ëœwhen 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. ¢â‚¬â„¢

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.

The commandments,  ¢â‚¬Å“You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not covet, ¢â‚¬  and any other commandment, are summed up in this word,  ¢â‚¬Å“Love your neighbor as yourself. ¢â‚¬ 
– Romans 13:9

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary  ¢â‚¬” the evil it does is permanent.
– Mahatma Gandhi

In many parts of the world the people are searching for a solution which would link the two basic values: peace and justice. The two are like bread and salt for mankind.
– Lech Walesa
from his Nobel Lecture

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