NAILS IN THE FENCE

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. But It
won't matter
how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound will still
be there. A verbal
wound is as bad as a physical one. Remember that 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.'

It's National Friendship Week.
Show your friends how much you care. Send this to
everyone you
consider a FRIEND, even if it means sending it back to the
person who sent it
to you! If it comes back to you, you will then know you
have a circle of friends.

YOU ARE MY FRIEND AND I AM HONORED!

Now send this to every friend you have!!
And to your family (they need to know that you
love them too).

Please forgive me if I have ever
left a 'hole' in your fence.