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From:  "Alan Brainard" <alma5083@...>
To:  <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
Subject:  Fw: Fw: Fw: Sand & Stone
Date:  Wed, 9 Aug 2006 10:59:54 -0400
>
>----- Original Message -----
>
> > Subject: Sand & Stone
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
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>
>
>