Once there was a little boy who had a short temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time when he lost his temper, he must strike hammer a nail into the fence.
The first day the boy had hit 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks as he learned to control his anger and tamper, the number of nails hammered daily, gradually came down. He understood that it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the day came when the boy did not lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father alluded the boy now to pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.
The many days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were removed. The father took his son by and led him to the fence. He said “you have done it, well done, my son, but look at the pores 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.
Make sure next time you control your temper that are tempted to say something that you will regret later.
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