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 came to a river
that they had to cross.
The one who had been slapped
got swept away by the rushing water
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
BLESSINGS IN STONE.

Love, Karen