David Nino

To All My Dear Friends!

Please make sure you read all the way down to the last
sentence.

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 drive a nail into the
back of 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. " 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 us."

It's National Friendship Week. Show your friends how
much you care. Send this to everyone you consider a
FRIEND, even if it means sending it back to the person
who sent it to you. If it comes back to you, then
you'll
know you have a circle of friends.

YOU ARE MY FRIEND AND I AM HONORED! Now send this to
every friend you have!! And to your family.

Please forgive me if I have ever left a hole.