NAILS IN THE FENCE
There once was a little girl who had a bad temper. Her mother gave her
a
bag of nails and told her that every time she lost her temper, she must
hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the girl had
driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as she learned
to control her anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually
dwindled down. She discovered it was easier to hold her temper than to
drive those nails into the fence.
Finally the day came when the girl didn't lose her temper at all. She
told her mother about it and the mother suggested that the girl now
pull
out one nail for each day that she was able to hold her temper. The
days
passed and the young girl was finally able to tell her mother that all
the nails were gone. The mother took her daughter by the hand and led
her to the fence.
She said, "You have done well, my daughter, 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 person
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.
Please forgive me if I have ever left a hole in your fence.
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peace.......love......light.....classic one
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