Nails in The Fence {Insp}

"Nails in The Fence"

There was a little boy with a bad temper. His
father gave him a bag of nails and told him
that every time he lost his temper, to hammer
a nail in the back fence.

The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into
the fence.

Then it gradually dwindled down. He discovered
it was easier to hold is 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. 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.
Always remember this.
Received on Sun May 7 08:11:12 2006