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, he 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 his 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 the 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.
A Joke
Two rich ladies were sharing a taxi and talking about the high cost of going anywhere by taxi. One of the ladies said, “Taxis are terribly expensive these days. The owners get a lot of money for nothing.”
“Yes”, said the other lady, “and the drivers get such big tips that they soon become rich. They ought to be ashamed of themselves.”
One of the ladies was smoking a cigarette. After a minute or two she said to the other lady, “Can you see an ashtray in this taxi? There isn’t one on my side.”
“No”, said the other, “there isn’t one on this side either. Driver! Where is the ashtray in this taxi? Why haven’t you got one?”
The driver, who had heard everything the ladies had said, answered, “Oh, just drop the ashes on the carpet – I have a servant who comes in and cleans three days a week!”
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 his 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 the 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.
A Joke
Two rich ladies were sharing a taxi and talking about the high cost of going anywhere by taxi. One of the ladies said, “Taxis are terribly expensive these days. The owners get a lot of money for nothing.”
“Yes”, said the other lady, “and the drivers get such big tips that they soon become rich. They ought to be ashamed of themselves.”
One of the ladies was smoking a cigarette. After a minute or two she said to the other lady, “Can you see an ashtray in this taxi? There isn’t one on my side.”
“No”, said the other, “there isn’t one on this side either. Driver! Where is the ashtray in this taxi? Why haven’t you got one?”
The driver, who had heard everything the ladies had said, answered, “Oh, just drop the ashes on the carpet – I have a servant who comes in and cleans three days a week!”
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