A long time ago there was a boy. He was smart, talented and
handsome. However, he was very selfish and his temper was so difficult, that
nobody wanted to be friends with him. Often he got angry and said various hurtful
things to people around him.
The boy‘s parents very concerned about his bad temper. They
considered what they could do and one day the father had an idea. He called his
son and gave him a hammer and a bag of nails. The father said: „Every time you
get angry, take a nail and drive into that old fence as hard as you can.”
The fence was very tough and the hammer was heavy,
nevertheless the boy was so furious that during the very first day he has
driven 37 nails.
Day after day, week after week, the number of nails was
gradually decreasing. After some time, the boy started to understand that
holding his temper is easier that driving nails into the fence.
One day the boy didn‘t need hammer and nails anymore as he
learned to hold his temper perfectly. So he came to his father and told about
his achievement. „Now every time, when you hold your temper all day long, pull
out one nail“.
Much time has passed. At last the boy could be proud of
himself as all the nails were gone. When he came to his father and told about
this, he offered to come and take a careful look at the fence. „You did a good
job, my son, but pay your attention to the holes that left from the nails. The
fence will never be the same. The same happens when your say hurtful things to
people, as your words leave scars in their hearts like those holes in the
fence. Remember, we need to treat everyone with love and respect, because it
doesn‘t matter, that you say you are sorry, the scars will not disappear.
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