MY FRIEND, DON'T WRITE IT ON THE HARD ROCK... WRITE IT ON THE SOFT SAND
O ne of the lines – I, often, find myself using in order to motivate others - is: “My friend, don’t write it on the hard rock... write in on the soft sand.” Interestingly, that is the line I want it hear the most… Yes, in order to motivate myself! “Don’t write it on the rock... but, write on the sand!” This wise counsel comes to us at different moments of our life – The good that others do to us, we should write it on the rock; the bad that they do to us, we should write it on the sand… The tough times that we go through, now – the hurts, the betrayal, the feeling of being let down, the financial crisis, the relationship-strains, the humiliation and misunderstandings etc - are these all permanent? Should they be written on the hard rocks? Is there no hope? Is it the end of the road? Is all over? Are we supposed to give up and go from this world, forever? Whenever others come to me in their troubled times, I find myself encouraging them with th...