Thinkerman Posted August 18, 2004 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, 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 other 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." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reality Check Posted August 18, 2004 Nice moral! I'm going to have to remember that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juxa Posted August 18, 2004 nice mora sujui,, bt it hardly happens that way, pple always remember the bad times. and are easy to forget the good deeds Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OG Moti Posted August 18, 2004 ^^ not quite right.. I always remember the good things and I dont write the bad things my friends do to me on anything which means .. it is as it never happen... and the good things they do for me i write it in my heart for as long as i am a live it stays in my heart and their deed will be with me forever till the grave seperates us.. Life is short and many suffer..help one and its like u helped all... some say too many poor people how can i reach them all and they give up when they realize they cant reach all, but what they forget is helping is the start and that one will help another till help is our slogan and peace will be ours.. peace Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juxa Posted August 18, 2004 og moti, sue me,,,,,,,,,iga daa sheeko xariirta, maybe allah does abaalmarin good deeds, truth is bad things stick to pple's minds AS, i knw u are kind lady, bt this dude aint wise, remember he is woman-hater Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
N.O.R.F Posted August 18, 2004 Whats up Sujui, nice story, are you in a sensitive mood today? lol, nice one Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thinkerman Posted August 21, 2004 DA Yeah u do that. Juxa unfortunately thats the whole point of the story, its should act as a reminder, as human's we are too quick to remeber when we have been wronged and we too easily forget the good deeds of others and the blessing that we enjoy from Allah ((swt)) North lol joker yeah i guess i opened my heart a lil that day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raula Posted August 21, 2004 ^^^nice reminder kaka Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FatB Posted August 22, 2004 very touchy and very deep. like thay say blood runs thicker than water...... i love this moral stuff, keep them comming Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OG_Girl Posted September 13, 2004 Finally, I found this topic took me ages to find it Hate to start a new topic. Since this topic about Moral of Story, I post this storry I really loved and want to share with you. ----------------------------------------- A Fictitious story with a moral.. Some time ago, there lived a King. This King should have been contented with his life, given all the riches and luxuries he had. However, this was not the case! The King always found himself wondering why he just never seemed content with his life. Sure, he had the attention of everyone wherever he went, attended fancy dinners and parties, but somehow, he still felt something was lacking and he couldn't put his finger on it. One day, the King had woken up earlier than usual to stroll around his palace. He entered his huge living room and came to a stop when he heard someone happily singing away... following this singing... he saw that one of the servants was singing and had a very contented look on his face. This fascinated the King and he summoned this man to his chambers. The man entered the King's chambers as ordered. The King asked why he was so happy? To this the man replied: "Your Majesty, I am nothing but a servant, but I make enough of a living to keep my wife and children happy. We don't need too much, a roof over our heads and warm food to fill our tummy. My wife and children are my inspiration, they are content with whatever little I bring home. I am happy because my family is happy." Hearing this, the King dismissed the servant and summoned his Personal Assistant to his chambers. The King related his personal anguish about his feelings and then related the story of the servant to his Personal Assistant, hoping that somehow, he will be able to come up with some reasoning that here was a King who could have anything he wished for at a snap of his fingers and yet was not contented, whereas, his servant, having so little was extremely contented. The Personal Assistant listened attentively and came to a conclusion. He said "Your Majesty, I believe that the servant has not been made part of The 99 Club." "The 99 Club? And what exactly is that?" the King inquired. To which the Assistant replied, "Your Majesty, to truly know what The 99 Club is, you will have to do the following... place 99 Gold coins in a bag and leave it at this servant's doorstep, you will then understand what The 99 Club is." That very same evening, the King arranged for 99 Gold coins to be placed in a bag at the servant's doorstep. Although he was slightly hesitant and he thought he should have put 100 Gold coins into the bag, but since his assistant had advised him to put 99, that is what he did. The servant was just stepping out of his house when he saw a bag at his doorstep.Wondering about its contents, he took it into his house and opened the bag. When he opened the bag, he let out a great big shout of joy... Gold Coins... so many of them. He could hardly believe it. He called his wife to show her the coins. He then took the bag to a table and emptied it out and began to count the coins. Doing so, he realised that there were 99 coins and he thought it was an odd number so he counted again, and again and again only to come to the same conclusion... 99 Gold Coins. He began to wonder, what could have happened to that last 1 coin? For no one would leave 99 coins. He began to search his entire house, looked around his backyard for hours, not wanting to lose out on that one coin. Finally, exhausted, he decided that he was going to have to work harder than ever to make up for that 1 Gold coin to make his entire collection an even 100 Gold Coins. He got up the next morning, in an extremely horrible mood, shouting at the children and his wife for his delay, not realising that he had spent most of the night conjuring ways of working hard so that he had enough money to buy himself that gold coin. He went to work as usual - only not in his usual best mood, singing happily - as he grumpily did his daily errands. Seeing the man's attitude change so drastically, the King was puzzled. He promptly summoned his assistant to his chambers. The King related his thoughts about the servant and once again, his assistant listened. The King could not believe that the servant who until yesterday had been singing away and was happy and content with his life had taken a sudden change of attitude, even though he should have been happier after receiving the gold coins. To this the assistant replied "Ah! but your Majesty, the servant has now officially joined The 99 Club." He explained: "The 99 Club is just a name given to those people who have everything but yet are never contented, therefore they are always working hard and striving for that extra 1 to round it out to 100! We have so much to be thankful for and we can live with very little in our lives, but the minute we are given something bigger and better, we want even more! We are not the same happy contented person we used to be, we want more and more and by wanting more and more we don't realise the price we pay for it. We lose our sleep, our happiness, we hurt the people around us just as a price to pay for our growing needs and desires. That is what joining The 99 Club is all about." Hearing this the King decided that from that day onwards, he was going to start appreciating all the little things in life. ----------------------------- I don't know about you but I feel whenever I have a new thing I loose my happyness and become want more and more Is always good to appriate what little things we already have. Salam Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Qac Qaac Posted September 13, 2004 good story... Xikmah. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FatB Posted September 13, 2004 ^^^^Phew, u no brother all that could have been sumed up by saying "money does not bring happiness" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
