THE FENCE     

ONCE UPON A TIME ...THERE WAS A BOY WITH A VERY BAD TEMPER

HIS FATHER GAVE HIM A BAG OF NAILS AND A
HAMMERAND TOLD HIM THAT EVERY TIME HE LOST HIS TEMPER,

TO GO HAMMER A NAIL IN THE BACK FENCE.

HE LOST HIS TEMPER A LOT AND WAS BUSY AS A BEE

AND THE FIRST DAY, THE BOY HAD DRIVEN 37 NAILS INTO THE FENCE.

SOON HE DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS EASIER TO HOLD HIS TEMPER

THAN TO DRIVE THOSE NAILS INTO THE FENCE.

THE DAY CAME WHEN THE BOY DIDN'T LOSE HIS TEMPER AT ALL......

AND HE TOLD HIS FATHER ABOUT IT.

THE FATHER SUGGESTED THAT THE BOY NOW PULL OUT "ONE" NAIL FOR

EACH DAY HE WAS ABLE TO HOLD HIS TEMPER.  

FINALLY, HE WAS ABLE TO TELL HIS FATHER THAT ALL THE NAILS WERE GONE.

THE FATHER TOOK THE BOY BY THE HAND AND LED HIM TO THE FENCE.

"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 AND LOVED ONES 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.

WATER YOUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH KINDNESS.....AND THEY WILL GROW.

SO BE CAREFUL LITTLE LIPS WHAT YOU SAY......!!!!!!

AND YOU WON'T CHASE FRIENDSHIPS AWAY.

ONLY THE MOON     CRYING FLOWER     NEVER WALK ALONE     ROOM FULL OF ROSES

THE COLD WITHIN     RELEASE ME     I LOVE YOU     WALK RIGHT BACK     OLD RUGGED CROSS

ALONE AGAIN     I CAN'T HELP IT     SPECIAL ANGEL     MY SUNSHINE

JUST A CLOSER WALK     TENNESSEE WALTZ     ONE DAY AT A TIME

AMONG MY SOUVENIRS      ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG

      OH MY LOVE      TEDDY BEAR'S PICNIC

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