----- Original Message ----- From: "MountainWings" <[email protected]> To: "Cynthia Gropman" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 12:10 AM Subject: MountainWings:Sunday - Nails In The Fence
> ------------------------------------------------- > MountainWings A MountainWings Moment > #1072 Wings Over The Mountains of Life > ------------------------------------------------- > > Nails In The Fence > =================== > > 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. > > ~Author Unknown~ > > Signup for your FREE daily Power Minute at www.MountainWings.com > > Forward this issue to a friend or send them the link below: > http://www.mountainwings.com/past/1072.htm > > Thank you for inviting MountainWings into your mailbox. > Change a life, give a friend MountainWings. > See you tomorrow. > > **************************************************************** > www.MountainWings.com "Wings Over The Mountains of Life" > To: Subscribe, Un-Subscribe, Get a Book, T-Shirt, Rate Issues, > Tell Friends about MountainWings, Read Past Issues, Donations, > Submit a MountainWings Moment or Prayer Request, Set homepage to > Daily issue in larger type Go To: http://www.mountainwings.com > Click to unsubscribe: http://www.mountainwings.com/remove.html > **************************************************************** > MountainWings, POBox 43725, 120 Selig Dr., Atlanta, GA 30336 USA > You are subscribed as: [email protected] > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
