Wash the past away

June 12, 2008 | 2 comments

 

 

IN 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 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.”

 

 

 

2 thoughts on “Wash the past away”

  1. Thank you for such a neat reminder to “turn the other cheek” and “Love is reflected in love”!

  2. Evan:

    Thank you for the “visual” of washing away the past. I just loved watching it over and over again. So powerful. I loved the way the water completely and so naturally washed away the past. That’s how I’m kind of hoping my life will be, as I have had disappointments with several past work experiences and seeing this visual made me realize that I can have a clean slate and the past, hurtful experiences can be washed away as if they never happened.

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