Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control
his 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 a
very rare jewel, indeed. They make you smile and
encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear,
they share a word of praise, and
they always want to open their hearts to us.
Show your friends you care. Send this to everyone you
consider a FRIEND even if it means sending back
to the person who sent it to you. If it comes back
to you, then you'll know you have a circle of
friends
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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.
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