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mekkiziani

mekkiziani

Algeria

August 14, 2014


There was a boy who was always losing his temper. His father gave him a bag full of nails and said to him, “My son, I want you to hammer a nail into our garden fence every time you need to direct your anger against something and you lose your temper.”



So the son started to follow his father’s advice. On the first day he hammered in 37 nails, but getting the nails into the fence was not easy, so he started trying to control himself when he got angry. As the days went by, he was hammering in less nails, and within weeks he was able to control himself and was able to refrain from getting angry and from hammering nails. He came to his father and told him what he had achieved. His father was happy with his efforts and said to hi “But now, my son, you have to take out a nail for every day that you do not get angry.”


The son started to take out the nails for each day that he did not get angry, until there were no nails left in the fence.


He came to his father and told him what he had achieved. His father took him to the fence and said, “My son, you have done well, but look at these holes in the fence. This fence will never be the same again.” Then he adde “When you say things in a state of anger, they leave marks like these holes on the hearts of others. You can stab a person and withdraw the knife but it doesn’t matter how many times you say ‘I’m sorry,’ because the wound will remain.

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06:59 AM Aug 29 2014

mekkiziani

mekkiziani
Algeria

Wisdom is not to get angry often lose a lot of friends

07:00 PM Aug 28 2014

Amber214

Amber214
China

Thanks mekkiziani,the article really touched and tought me a lot.Learn to cherish more around you.

10:06 AM Aug 28 2014

Oluna

Oluna
Russian Federation

Yes, i liked it so much. Especially the end...marks on the heart are forgotten difficulty. It makes no difference whether or not an apology. Thanks

09:15 AM Aug 15 2014

Mr. Learner
Peru

Like :)

I think the ending is not really precise, though.
I believe that there are some removable marks, and there some irremovable marks.  

Thank you for sharing Mekkiziani