TEMPER. HIS FATHER GAVE HIM A BAG OF
NAILS AND TOLD HIM THAT EVERYTIME
HE LOST HIS TEMPER, HE MUST HAMMER
NAILS INTO THE FENCE. THE FIRST DAY
THE BOY HAD DRIVEN 57 NAILS
INTO THE FENCE.
LEARNED TO CONTROL HIS ANGER, THE
NUMBER OF NAILS HAMMERED DAILY
GRADUALLY DWINDLED DOWN. HE
DISCOVERED IT WS 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 MAY PULL OUT ONE NAIL
FOR EACH DAY THAT HE WAS ABLE
HOLD HIS TEMPER.
FINALLY ABLE TO TELL HIS FATHER
THAT ALL THE NAILS WERE GONE.
THE FATHER TOOK HIS SON TO THE FENCE
THE FATHER THEN TOLD HIM YOU HAVE
DONE WELL, 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
THESE HOLES. NO MATTER HOW MANY
TIMES YOU SAY SORRY THE HOLES
WILL STILL BE THERE.
HIS SON, THAT VERBAL WOUNDS ARE AS
BAD AS PHYSICAL ONES. FRIENDS
AND FAMILY ARE VERY SPECIAL.
SO BE CAREFUL OF WHERE YOU
DRIVE YOUR NAILS.
