LURCH's blog: "Just some stories .."

A little boy was going through a very bad time with his anger. He would get very angry at the least thing,throw a tantrum and behave very badly. Once during one of his episodes his father took him outside gave him a hammer and a nail and told him,every time you get angryI am going to bring you here and you will pound a nail into this tree. This went on for a couple of weeks and graually the boy learned that if he got angry he would have to work hard at pounding that nail in. The line had grown and there were a lot of nails in a row,but gradually the growth of the line slowed down as he learned to control his anger. Finally they had a whole week with no tantrums. His father took him outside and they looked at the nails together. Now he said to the boy now you can see your anger and together we will pull out these nails. After they had pulled the nails out he asked the boy what he could see.The little boy said nothing Father my anger has gone. His said look closer son,now what do you see. The little boy said only the holes where the nails were. Yes said the father,you anger has gone but behind it there are the little scars each nail has left,just as you anger leaves little wounds on our hearts. The anger may go but the wounds stay forever. Don't hurt your loved ones,they may forgive you but the little scar will always be there.If you feel anger coming channel into to something useful make the negative positive