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From: "kerri" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 12:31 AM
Subject: [BoFA] A story of friends....


> 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."
> >
> > 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 phrase to the people you'll never forget and remember to send
it
> > also to the person who sent it to you. It's a short message to let them
> know
> > that you'll never forget them. 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!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > »§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»«:*´
> >
> > The best portion of a good man's life is the little, nameless,
> unremembered
> > acts of kindness and love. ~ William Wordsworth (1770-1850) English
>
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