Sand or Stone? 沙或是石头？

Two friends were walking through a desert and at some point of the journey they had an argument. 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 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 her friend saved her. After the friend recovered from the near drowning, she wrote on a stone "Today my best friend saved my life." The friend who had slapped and saved her best friend asked her, "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."

两位朋友在沙漠同行。旅途中，朋友之间起了争执，其中一个朋友生气的打了另一个朋友一记耳光。受伤的朋友默不作声地，在沙上写下“今天我的好朋友打了我一个耳光”。朋友两继续步行，进而发现了一个绿洲。她们便在绿洲中洗澡和补充水分。原先被打的朋友不慎，陷入泥泞中，眼看就要溺毙。她的好友见状，迅速把她救起。待死里逃生的朋友苏醒后，她便在石头上写上“今天我的好朋友救了我！”。此时伸出援手的朋友，好奇地问她为什么在先前在沙地上写，而今却在石头上写上感言？朋友回应说：“我们应该把怨恨写在沙上，好让宽恕之风把它吹散并且忘怀。而且应该把别人对我们的恩典刻在石头上，永记于心，任风怎么吹也吹不散。”

朋友您今天是充满感恩，或是紧抱仇恨不放呢？选择在于您。

Side thought: Learn to write your hurts in the sand, and to carve your benefits in stone. What is your choice today? Forgiveness or Gratitude? The choice is yours! Face the sun and see the light or turn your back to see only your shadow?