loved this one msn and e mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] yahoo messenger striper13 ----- Original Message ----- From: "steve doyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:51 PM Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Re: NAILS IN THE FENCE
> > Great Job Helen, I love it! thanks > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "helen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;> > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 8:39 PM > Subject: [RecipesAndMore] NAILS IN THE FENCE > > >> >> NAILS 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. But It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the >> wound will still be there. A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one. >> Remember that 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." >> >> >> . 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, you will then know you have a circle of friends. >> >> >> YOU ARE MY FRIEND AND I AM HONORED! >> >> >> >> Please forgive me if I have ever left a "hole" in your >> fence. >> >> >> >> >> Helen Whitehead >> email: and msn: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Skype: honeybunny1958 >> >> >> > >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG. >> Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.24.2/1471 - Release Date: >> 5/28/2008 >> 17:33 >> >> > > > > > > __________ NOD32 3143 (20080529) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
