他們繼續前行，終於發現了一片綠洲。於是．他們決定洗個澡。結果，被打的那個人陷入了泥潭，眼看就要淹死了，幸好他的朋友救了他。
他蘇醒後，就在一塊石頭上刻道：“今天，我最好的朋友救了我的命。”
打他耳光又救了他的那個朋友問道：“我打了你後，你在沙子上寫字；現在你又在石頭上刻字。這是為什麽呢？”
朋友回答說：“受到傷害時，我們應該把它記在沙子上，這樣，寬恕之風會將它撫平。受到恩惠時，我們應該把它刻在石頭上，這樣，沒有什麽能將它抹掉。”
我們應學會把傷害記在沙地上，把恩澤刻在石頭上。
人們常說，找到一個特別的人隻需一分鍾，欣賞他需一小時，愛上他隻需一天，而忘記他，卻要用一生的時間。
把這句話送給那些讓你永生難忘的人，讓他們知道你永遠不會忘記他們吧。
終生不忘。
人生之役
Man Is Like A Fruit Tree
埃爾默·霍姆斯·博布斯特/Elmer H. Bobst
Once， while taking my boat down the inland waterway to Florida， I decided to tie up at Georgetown， South Carolina， for the night and visit with an old friend. As we approached the Esso dock， I saw him through my binoculars1 standing there awaiting us. Tall and straight as an arrow he stood， facing a cold， penetrating wind—truly a picture of a sturdy man， even though in his eighties. Yes， the man was our elder statesman， Bernard Baruch.
He loaded us into his station wagon and We Were off to his famous Hobcaw Barony for dinner. We sat and talked in the great living room where many notables and statesmen， including Roosevelt and Churchill， have sat and taken their cues. In his eighty-second year， still a human dynamo2， Mr. Baruch talked not of the past but of present problems and the future， deploring our ignorance of history， economics and psychology. His only reference to the past was to tell me， with the wonderful sparkle in his eyes， that he was only able to get eight quail out of the ten shots the day before. What is the secret of this great man' s value to the world？ The answer is his insatiable desire to keep being productive.