Two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey, they had an argument; one friend slapped the other one. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: Today my best friend slapped me. They kept on walking until they found an oasis; 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." - - - - - - - Is there anyone in your life that you need to forgive for hurting you in some way, or to praise them for an act of kindness? Perhaps you were the one who did the hurting, and need to say, "I'm sorry." Or, someone did something nice for you and you took it for granted. Let this be the week old wounds are healed and re-kindled relationships are given new life.
