[Grovenet] NAIL IN THE FENCE

[Alan L Domenghini]

      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
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 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, then you'll 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

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