A little boy had very 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 back
of the fence around their yard.
The first day the boy
drove 37 nails into the fence.
Over the next
few weeks, as he learned to control his
anger, the number of the nails hammered
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.
After driving a knife into a man's heart and drawing it out,
it won't mean anything, how many times you say
'I'm sorry',
the wound will still be there.
A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one.
Friends are very rare jewels, indeed.
They
make you smile and encourage you to succeed.
They lend an ear, they share words of praise and they always want to open their hearts to you.
Tell your friends how much you care...
yea, to everyone you consider a FRIEND.
and see the number of friends you are surrounded with.
YOU ARE MY FRIEND AND I AM HONORED!
Please forgive me if I have ever left a hole within you.
Thank you and enjoy the rest of your week-end.
Love,
Prof. Dr. Alex Abraham Odikandathil
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