Write it in STONE

Dawson's Birth Grandma sent this today and it came in the oddest timing and a good reminder. I may add more later but for now, this is really good to read! I hope it helps someone as it did me!

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'  LEARN TO WRITE  YOUR HURTS IN  THE SAND AND TO  CARVE YOUR  BENEFITS IN STONE.  THEY SAY IT TAKES A  MINUTE TO FIND A SPECIAL  PERSON,    AN HOUR TO  APPRECIATE THEM,     A DAY  TO LOVE THEM,  BUT THEN ,  AN ENTIRE LIFE  TO FORGET THEM.  TAKE THE TIME TO LIVE!  DO NOT VALUE THE THINGS  YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE, BUT VALUE  WHO YOU HAVE KNOWN IN YOUR LIFE! Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.