cabinetman

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.

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."

daryl in nanoose

Very well said,

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Corndog

To be honest....I was waiting for the punch line.

But yeah, well put.

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woodman42

Man that was good. Where's the tissues.

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