Story :An angry Boy

There once was a young boy with a very bad temper. The boy’s father wanted to teach him a lesson. So he gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper……………..

There once was a young boy with a very bad temper. The boy’s father wanted to teach him a lesson. So he gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper he must hammer a nail into their wooden fence. On the first day of this lesson the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. He was really mad. Over the course of the next few weeks, the little boy began to control his temper, so the number of nails that were hammered into the fence dramatically decreased. It wasn’t long before the little boy discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Then, the day finally came when the little boy didn’t lose his temper even once, and he became so proud of himself, he could not wait to tell his father. Pleased, his father suggested that now pull out one nail for each day that he could hold his temper. Several weeks went by and the day finally came when young boy was able to tell his father that all nails were gone. Very, gently took his son by the hand and led him to fence. “You have done very well, my son,” “But look the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same.” The little boy listened carefully to his father continued to speak. “When you say things in anger, they leave permanent scars just like these. And no matter how many times you say you’re sorry, the wounds still are there.”