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 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 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."
Send this to everyone
you consider a FRIEND, even if it
means sending it 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.
YOU
ARE MY FRIEND AND I AM HONORED!
Now
send this to every friend you have!! And to
your
family. !
Please
forgive me if I have ever left a hole.
