Post by Rhonda on Jan 27, 2006 23:18:15 GMT -5
NAIL IN THE FENCE
A Good Story for Great Friends.....
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.
Happy Friendship week! You are my friend and I am honored.
Please forgive me if I have ever left ! a hole in your fence.
A Good Story for Great Friends.....
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.
Happy Friendship week! You are my friend and I am honored.
Please forgive me if I have ever left ! a hole in your fence.