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Friday, June 29, 2007

So true hey?How many holes does your fence have?




Make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence.

(Most importantly the last sentence)

NAIL IN THE FENCE

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.' So remember to love your friends.


Please forgive me if I have ever left a hole.

1 comment:

Jackie said...

Wonderful story. Sadly we are living in a world with constant upsets and I may not lose my temper much but I find it hard not to hate with such intesity it scares me.

Recent events causing this are the seal hunt starting today in Namibia and the pup killed by his owner with a chain saw. I have been on the Seal Hunt protest march , signed the petitions against it and for the dog owner to go to jail and not get some pathetic fine, but feel so helpless as little will be done, and there are not enough nails inAfrica to stop me feeling what I do at this moment.