There once was 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
must hammer a nail into the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails
into the fence. Over the next few weeks as he learned to control his anger, the
number of nails hammered daily, gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was
easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.
Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at
all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull
out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed
and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were
gone.
The father took his son by the hand and led him to the
fence. He said “you have done well, my son, but look at the holes 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 you control your temper the next time you are tempted to say something you
will regret later.
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