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. It's a short message to let them know that you'll never forget them. Take the time to live! Do not value the THINGS
you have in your life.
But value WHO you have in your life!

I read this today exactly as it appears above and it makes me believe more than ever that everything happens for a reason.
I needed it today ~ to say to someone ~ and felt the need to add the following:

You must realize if you value who you have in your life ~everyone in your life ~you must consider how your actions and decisions will affect them ~ because regardless of what you may believe to the contrary, your actions and decisions do affect those you
value in your life, it is NOT considered "apples and oranges" as some people choose to believe (I hope you understand the meaning of that ~ I think you do ~ if not, just ask. I would be more than happy to explain to the best of my ability.) And unfortunately that is one of life's little idiosyncrasies ~~you can't change it even if you don't believe it ~it isn't an option ~ it 's a fact of life. The end result will be the same, whether you believe it or not ~you will hurt someone you love, whether or not you mean to.

True friendship means that you will try to save a friends life no matter what ~ even if they don't feel they need to be saved, even if it means you may unintentionally hurt them, and even though you know they must make their own choices and learn from their own mistakes. It is one of the downfalls of being a mother. Even though you know you can't, you still want to try to help your children to avoid making the same mistakes you did. However.... in order to make the best choices for your life, you need to have experienced a little bit more of it, even though I know you think you already have......you really have a lot more to experience before you can
appreciate all that life has to offer.

If you value a friend, you will do whatever you think it takes to save them ~even if you aren't sure you're right.......
because having experienced it yourself already, you know that you are right and
want to try to spare them the anguish,
even though you know they need to learn from their own mistakes.
Enough said?

 

 I Am Coming!

 

From My Desk

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