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 drove 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.”
The little boy then understood how powerful his words were.
He looked up at his father and said “I hope you can forgive me father for the holes I put in you.”
“Of course I can,” said the father.
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essentially the support from the wise helped this boy
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السلام عليكم
Wow that was a short story but so powerful.. I love the little quotes you use and save them to refer to later on or to share on whatsapp & social media so other people may benefit from your quotes and blogs also, hope that’s okay?
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Yes of course, it is all meant for sharing.
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Wsalams too true. Allah Akbar!
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Simple Anger Management. Very Nice!
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Good post! Please put your thoughts on my post too: https://whiteundoblack.wordpress.com/2017/02/20/controlling-your-anger/ thank you :]
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Such a powerful beautiful story and one that has me wishing I could have had such a wise mentor in my life when I was young so I would not have grown to hurt so many in my younger years. I can only be grateful that through my growth and need to be a better person I was able to recognise this and take steps to change my outlook on life and how my words can affect others.
Thank you for a story so moving it allowed me to feel comfortable to shed a tear.
I have read this story many times before and I should have said thank you many times over but today with much love in my heart I say thank you for putting this out there
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Dear Sandra, thank you so much for your kind words. We are all guilty of this at some point in our lives. But it is better to realise late than never. 🙂
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