>: NAIL 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.
>> >>>>> > >>> >>>>> >> > > >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."
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