Lesson of The Fence
by: Author UnknownThere 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 to hammer a nail in the back fence.

The first day the boy had driven thirty-seven nails into the
fence. Then it 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 a 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 we 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.”

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