A SCENSION LIF E
N AI L S IN TH E F ENCE
T h e re o n c e was a little b oy wh o had a bad te mp e r. His fath e r gave h i m a bag o f nails an d told h im that e ve r y time h e lo st h is te mp e r, h e m ust hamme r a nail into th e back o f th e fe n c e . T h e f i r st day th e b oy had d ri ve n 3 7 na i ls i nto th e fe n c e . A n d ove r th e n e x t few we e k s as h e le arn to c o ntro l h is an g e r th e n umb e r o f na i ls ha mme re d dail y grad u a l l y dw in d le d d own as h e d is c ove re d i t was e asie r to h old h is te m p e r than to d ri ve th o s e na i ls i nto th e fe n c e . F ina l l y th e day c ame wh e n th e b o y d i d n’ t l o s e h is te mp e r at al l h e to l d h is fath e r ab ou t it an d th e fath e r sug g e ste d that th e b o y n ow p u ll ou t on e nail for e ac h day that h e was ab le to h o l d h is te mp e r. T h e day s pass e d an d th e youn g b o y was f i nall y ab le to te ll h is fath e r that all th e nails we re gone.
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The fathe r to o k his hand and le d him to the fe nc e and s aid, “ yo u have do ne well, my s o n, bu t lo o k at the ho le s in the fe nc e . T he fe nc e w i l l ne ve r b e the s ame .” Whe n yo u s ay things in ang e r, you leave a s car just like this o ne . You can pu t a kni fe in a man and draw i t o u t . It wo n’ t matte r how many ti m e s yo u s ay I’m s o rr y bu t , the wo un d is still the re . A ve rbal wo und is just as bad as a physical o ne . The Fathe r pro c e e de d to s ay, re me mb e r S o n, “Frie nds are ve r y rare Jewels inde e d. T he y can ma ke yo u smile , e ve n e nc o u rag e yo u to su c c e e d, the y can le nd an ear, the y can share the ir wo rds o f prais e , a n d the y always want to o p e n the ir hear ts to us . Pleas e show yo ur frie nds how m u c h yo u care . Sto p pu tting nails in you r fe n c e .
Au th o r -Un kn own
