Writing our 'hurts' in the sand

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Registered: 03-09-2001
Writing our 'hurts' in the sand
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Sat, 01-13-2007 - 1:50pm

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/209/story_20915_1.html

"When someone does something to harm you, write your hurts in the sand. A parable for today.

Two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey, they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other 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."

Something worth pondering...

Gypsy
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Blessings,

Gypsy

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Registered: 06-18-2004
Mon, 01-15-2007 - 1:29am
That is so true and can say I do not hold anger long
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Registered: 04-07-2003
Mon, 01-15-2007 - 11:41am

Very nice message. I've learned that, if you get right down to it, holding onto anger and grudges will do absolutely no one - especially yourself - any benefit.

We've all made mistakes. If we can't forgive other people their mistakes, then we are telling everyone else that we don't deserve to have our own mistakes forgiven either.




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Registered: 10-04-2004
Mon, 01-15-2007 - 1:00pm

Well said... now if ya excuse me, my camel is busy erasing everything I wrote about my sore butt on the ride in.

Sometimes
Sometimes
I see much more than's good for me
The first thing that's on my mind
The last place I look each time


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Registered: 08-20-2001
Tue, 01-16-2007 - 10:31am

I guess you're right, Gypsy...thanks for sharing... :-)

Love,
~Victoria

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