TWO FRIENDS WERE WALKING br THROUGH THE DESERT br DURING SOME POINT OF THE br JOURNEY, THEY HAD AN br ARGUMENT; AND ONE FRIEND br SLAPPED THE OTHER ONE br IN THE FACE br br br br THE ONE WHO GOT SLAPPED br WAS HURT, BUT WITHOUT br SAYING ANYTHING, br WROTE IN THE SAND br br TODAY MY BEST FRIEND br SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE br br THEY KEPT ON WALKING, br UNTIL THEY FOUND AN OASIS, br WHERE THEY DECIDED br TO TAKE A BATH br br THE ONE WHO HAD BEEN br SLAPPED GOT STUCK IN THE br MIRE! AND STARTED DROWNING, br BUT THE FRIEND SAVED HIM. br br AFTER HE RECOVERED FROM br THE NEAR DROWNING, br HE WROTE ON A STONE: br br 'TODAY MY BEST FRIEND br SAVED MY LIFE' br br THE FRIEND WHO HAD SLAPPED br AND SAVED HIS BEST FRIEND br ASKED HIM, 'AFTER I HURT YOU, br YOU WROTE IN THE SAND AND NOW, br YOU WRITE ON A STONE, WHY? ' br br THE FRIEND REPLIED br 'WHEN SOMEONE HURTS US br WE SHOULD WRITE IT DOWN br IN SAND, WHERE WINDS OF br FORGIVENESS CAN ERASE IT AWAY. br br BUT, WHEN SOMEONE DOES br SOMETHING GOOD FOR US, br WE MUST ENGRAVE IT IN STONE br WHERE NO WIND br CAN EVER ERASE IT' br br LEARN TO WRITE br YOUR HURTS IN br THE SAND AND TO br CARVE YOUR br BENEFITS IN STONE. br br THEY SAY IT TAKES A br MINUTE TO FIND A SPECIAL PERSON, br AN HOUR TO APPRECIATE THEM, br A DAY TO LOVE THEM, br BUT THEN br AN ENTIRE LIFE br TO FORGET THEM. br br SEND THIS TO br THE PEOPLE YOU'LL NEVER br FORGET. br br I JUST DID. br br IF YOU DON'T br SEND IT TO ANYONE, br IT MEANS YOU'RE IN A br HURRY AND THAT YOU'VE br FORGOTTEN YOUR FRIENDS.