{"id":41832,"date":"2024-04-29T01:30:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T05:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=41832"},"modified":"2024-04-28T20:16:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T00:16:18","slug":"sand-and-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/sand-and-stone\/","title":{"rendered":"Sand and Stone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/indian-god-radhakrishna-lord-krishna-indian-mythological-images-2FMY5JB.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-46347 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/indian-god-radhakrishna-lord-krishna-indian-mythological-images-2FMY5JB-257x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/indian-god-radhakrishna-lord-krishna-indian-mythological-images-2FMY5JB-257x300.jpg 257w, https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/indian-god-radhakrishna-lord-krishna-indian-mythological-images-2FMY5JB-877x1024.jpg 877w, https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/indian-god-radhakrishna-lord-krishna-indian-mythological-images-2FMY5JB-768x896.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/indian-god-radhakrishna-lord-krishna-indian-mythological-images-2FMY5JB.jpg 1191w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">A story tells that 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:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Today my best friend slapped me in the face.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: Today my best friend saved my life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">The friend, who had slapped and saved his best friend, asked him,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand, and now, you write on a stone, why?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">The other friend replied:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">Learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your blessings in stone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">This is a section of the book \u201cOn a Silver Platter\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">To buy the complete book,<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kadachaeditions.com\/art\/on-a-silver-platter-english\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click above<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. 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