Make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence!
There once was a little girl who had a bad temper. Her mother gave her
a bag of nails and told her that every time she lost her temper, she
must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the girl
had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as she
learned to control her anger, the number of nails hammered daily
gradually dwindled down. She discovered it was easier to hold her temper
than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when
the girl didn't lose her temper at all. She told her mother about it and
the mother suggested that the girl now pull out one nail for each day
that she was able to hold her temper. The day passed and the young girl
was finally able to tell her mother that all the nails were gone. The
mother took her daughter by the hand and led her to the fence. She
said, "You have done well, my daughter, 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 person
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 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. Happy
Friendship week! You are my friend and I am honored. Please forgive me
if I have ever left a hole in your fence.
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