A BAG OF NAILS
Once upon a time there was a little boy with a bad temper. His father gave him
a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he should
hammer a nail in the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the
fence. But gradually, the number of daily nails dwindled down. He discovered it
was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.
Finally the first day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He
proudly 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.
"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."
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zendervish
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