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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. 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.
Just
one more thing...
Please
forgive me if I have ever left a hole in your fence!
--author
unknown
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