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NAIL IN THE FENCE
Please make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence. (Most importantly the last sentence).
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him
a
bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must
hammer a nail into the back of the fence.
The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the
next
few weeks, as he learned to control anger, the number of nails
hammered
daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold
his
temper than to drive those nails into the fence.
Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He
told
his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull
out
one
nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.
The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his
father
that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and
led
him to the fence. He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at
the
holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say
things
in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife
in
a
man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm
sorry,
the wound is still there."
A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one. Friends are very rare
jewels, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed.
They
lend an ear, they share words of praise and they always want to open
their hearts to us.
Please forgive me if I have ever left a hole in your fence.
Please make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence. (Most importantly the last sentence).
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him
a
bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must
hammer a nail into the back of the fence.
The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the
next
few weeks, as he learned to control anger, the number of nails
hammered
daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold
his
temper than to drive those nails into the fence.
Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He
told
his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull
out
one
nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.
The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his
father
that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and
led
him to the fence. He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at
the
holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say
things
in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife
in
a
man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm
sorry,
the wound is still there."
A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one. Friends are very rare
jewels, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed.
They
lend an ear, they share words of praise and they always want to open
their hearts to us.
Please forgive me if I have ever left a hole in your fence.