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NAIL IN THE FENCE

Please 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. 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.
It's National Friendship Week. 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, then
you'll know you have a circle of friends.

YOU ARE MY FRIEND

Now send this to every friend you have!! And to your family. This was sent
to me.

Please forgive me if I have ever left a hole in your fence !!
:p