Temper control

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.