A story is told of 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 was to hammer a nail into the backyar fence.On the first day,the boydrove 37 nails into the fence.Gradually,though,the num dwindled.The boy discovered that it was easier to hold his temper than to drive the nails into the fence!
Finaly,the day came when the boy did not lose his temper at all.He told his father about it,and the father suggest that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.The days passed the young boy was soon able to tell his father that all the nail were gone.The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence.He said to the boy,"You have done well,my son.But look at the holes in the fence.The fence will never be the same again.When you say things in anger,they leave a scar just like the nails did.You can put a knife in a man and draw it out.It wil not matter how many times you say 'i am sorry';the wound will still be there."
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