{"id":363,"date":"2018-07-20T06:42:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T06:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.smallpage.online\/2018\/07\/20\/parable-of-day-what-to-do-when-your\/"},"modified":"2019-06-18T14:33:45","modified_gmt":"2019-06-18T14:33:45","slug":"parable-what-to-do-when-your","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catalog.obitel-minsk.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/parable-what-to-do-when-your","title":{"rendered":"Parable of the Day: What to Do When Your Friend Hurts You"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"featured_img aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/catalog.obitel-minsk.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/help-climb-rock-598x397.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"397\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"397\" data-original-width=\"598\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There were two friends. They had an argument one day, and one of them slapped the other one in the face. The latter felt pain but he chose not to say anything. Instead, he wrote on sand, \u201cToday my best friend has slapped me in my face.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They kept going until they found an oasis where they decided to bathe. The one who had been slapped in the face, almost sank, and his friend rescued him. As soon as he came around, he wrote on a rock, \u201cToday my best friend has rescued my life.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The other friend asked him:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2014 When I offended you, you wrote it on sand, and now you write on a rock. Why?<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The guy replied:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2014 When someone hurts us, we should write it on sand so that winds could wash it away. However, when someone does anything good, we should cut it in stone so that no wind could wash it away.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Teach yourself to write your offences on sand and cut your joys in stone.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Prepared by The Catalog of Good Deeds <\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There were two friends. They had an argument one day, and one of them slapped the other one in the face. 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