Temper Tantrums
This is a short story that will teach you a valuable lesson in life.
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 a rare jewel 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."
This is a valuable lesson is life that we sometimes forget.
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