A Good Story for Great Friends.....
Make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence!
There once was a little girl who had a bad temper. Her
mother gave her a bag of nails and told
her that every
time she lost her temper, she must
hammer a nail into the
back of the fence.
The first day the girl had driven 37 nails into the fence.
Over the next few weeks, as she learned to control her
anger, the number of nails hammered daily
gradually dwindled
down. She discovered it was easier to
hold her temper than
to drive those nails into the fence.
Finally the day came when the girl didn't lose her temper at
all. She told her mother about it and
the mother suggested
that the girl now pull out one nail for
each day that she
was able to hold her temper. The day
passed and the young
girl was finally able to tell her mother
that all the nails
! were gone. The mother took her
daughter by the hand and led
her to the fence.
She said, "You have done well, my daughter, 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 person 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.
Happy Friendship week! You are my friend and I am honored.
Now send this to every friend you have!! And
to your family.
Please forgive me if I have ever left a hole in your fence.