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 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. Make sure you control your temper the next time you are tempted to
say something you will regret later.
- Author Unknown
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