Just when they had nearly finished their project, a big wave came along and knocked it down,

I was sitting on a beach one summer day, watchingtwo children, a boy
and a girl, playing in the sand. They were hard at work building an
elaborate sandcastle by the water's edge with gates and towers and
moats and internal passages. Just when they had nearly finished their
project, a big wave came along and knocked it down, reducing it to a
heap of wet sand.
I expected the children to burst into tears, devastatedby what had
happened to all their hard work. But they surprised me. Instead, they
ran up the shore awayfrom the water, laughing and holding hands, and
sat down to build another castle.
I realized that they had taught me an important lesson. All the things
in our lives, all the complicated structures we spend so much time and
energy creating, are built on sand.
♥ :Only our relationships toother people endure. Sooner or later, the
wave will come along and knock down what we have worked so hard to
build up. When that happens, only the person who has somebody's hand
to hold will be able to laugh.♥♥ —
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