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WindsofForgivenessCanEraseHatredsAway讓“寬恕的風”把仇恨抹去

Thestorygoesthattwofriendswerewalkingthroughthedesert.Duringsomepointofthejourneytheyhadanargument,andonefriendslappedtheotheroneintheface.Theonewhogotslappedfelthurt,butwithoutsayinganything,wroteinthesand:“Todaymybestfriendslappedmeintheface.”Theykeptonwalkinguntiltheyfoundanoasis,wheretheydecidedtotakeabath.Theonewhohadbeenslappedgotstuckinthemireandstarteddrowning,butthefriendsavedhim.

Afterherecoveredfromtheneardrowning,hewroteonastone:“Todaymybestfriendsavedmylife.”Thefriendwhohadslappedandsavedhisbestfriendaskedhim,“AfterIhurtyou,youwroteinthesandandnowyouwriteonastone.Why?”Theotherfriendreplied:“Whensomeonehurtsusweshouldwriteitdowninsandwherewindsofforgivenesscaneraseitaway.Butwhensomeonedoessomethinggoodforus,wemustengraveitinstonewherenowindcanevereraseit.”

兩個朋友結伴穿越沙漠,旅途中二人突然吵了起來,其中一個摑了對方一記耳光。被打的人感到自己受了傷害,但什麼也沒有說,隻是在沙地上寫下了這樣一句話:“今天我最好的朋友摑了我耳光。他們繼續前行,看見到處綠洲,他們正打算在那裏洗澡時,剛才被打的人不小心陷入了泥潭,開始深陷,他的朋友救了他。

等他從幾近淹死的邊緣蘇醒過來後,他在石頭上刻下:“今天我最好的朋友救了我的命。”他的朋友問:“為什麼我傷你之後,你在沙子上寫字,現在卻把字刻在石頭上?”他回答道:“當有人傷害了我們,我們應該把它寫進沙裏,寬恕的風會把仇恨抹去。而當有人為我們做了好事,我們應當把它刻在石頭上,沒有風可以將它抹去。”

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Toalarge,themeasureofpeaceofmindisdeterminedbyhowmuchweareabletoliveinthepresentmoment.Irrespectiveofwhathappenedyesterdayorlastyear,andwhatmayormaynothappentomorrow,thepresentmomentiswhereyouarealways!