NAILS IN THE FENCE
Make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence. (Most importantly the last
sentence.)
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
are 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.
YOU ARE MY FRIEND AND I AM HONORED!
Now send this to every friend you have!! And to your family. AND Please forgive me
if I have ever left a hole.