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Life & Events > For a Friend from a Friend
 

For a Friend from a Friend



















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 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.


SEND
THIS TO 

THE PEOPLE YOU'LL NEVER
FORGET.



 



I
JUST DID.



 



IF
YOU DON'T
SEND IT TO ANYONE,

IT MEANS YOU'RE IN A
HURRY AND THAT YOU'VE
FORGOTTEN YOUR
FRIENDS.



 



TAKE
THE TIME TO LIVE!

DO
NOT VALUE THE THINGS
YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE, BUT VALUE

WHO YOU HAVE IN
 YOUR
LIFE!



 


AND
IF I HAPPEN TO GET IT BACK, 

THEN
I KNOW MY PLACE IN YOUR LIFE


 



"Be
kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of
battle." Heart Eyes 


 



 













 
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posted on Sept 23, 2008 6:56 PM ()

Comments:

that was aweosme.
comment by panthurdreams on Sept 24, 2008 3:46 PM ()
comment by fredo on Sept 24, 2008 11:26 AM ()
Great Post Pop..
comment by elfie33 on Sept 24, 2008 8:38 AM ()
Nice said Martin. Difficult to send it back but you know your place in my life.... Hugs buddy!
comment by itsjustme on Sept 24, 2008 1:19 AM ()
What a wonderful post.
AJ
comment by lunarhunk on Sept 23, 2008 7:00 PM ()

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